[trainman]

Following on from a thread on another forum about the very shamefull treatment by some jumped-up copper and on a member of the public while taking photographs in Hull, I thought this might be of interest.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7351252.stm

The petition about clarifying the law on public photography that is on the Downing Street website is here:-

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/

.........although I needed to type in "photography" into the search box to come up with the right list, it was very easy. Petition closes 13th September 08.

 

[trainman]

I too signed the Official Secrets Act and will continue to take what photographs I wish, until such times it can be Proved I am committing any Offence in law. What about the Press when they are continually clicking at a celebrity as if they have never been seen? Will this be stopped?
The easy answer to all this is, if you don't wish to sign the petition, then don't. The choice is yours.