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Parliament Debates Photography in Public
Member of Parliament John Randall led a debate on recent restrictions on public photography in the House of Commons. He addressed three main issues, namely the taking of photographs in public places by amateurs, the recent advent of Google Street View, and the police using power against “bona fide journalists”. In addition to these topics, Randall also mentioned the “incredible hysteria about taking any photographs that might contain a child”. The debate lasted about half an hour and involved other Members of Parliament as well as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department.
Website: Read the full transcript of the debate in the Commons Hansard
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#1 Photographer
It will be interesting to see how parliament comes down on this issue. Whichever side the end up on, it will have far reaching consequences.
9:57 pm - Friday, April 3, 2009
#2 BD
Interesting issue. I see no problem with photography in public - it's unfortunate it even has to be an issue.
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3:27 pm - Saturday, April 4, 2009
#3 Dom
So much for freedom and human rights. What is this world coming to.
10:04 pm - Monday, April 6, 2009
#4 David
So, let me get this straight... the citizens let the government film every step of their public life, and the same government wants to restrict those citizens from even taking pictures?
Pathetic.
2:18 am - Tuesday, April 7, 2009
#5 Robin Edgar
I think that you more or less have it right David. I have discussed this issue in the past in some of my YouTube videos. Meet Montreal Unitarian Juan Vera who marched up to my Canon A70 digital camera that I was using in video mode to document a protest and demanded that I take his photo so that he could then file a complaint with the police. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0-ZmydNBAc
The conversation continues here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zysGMutZSV8
This follow-up video discusses the point you make by pointing out how security surveillance cameras violate laws prohibiting taking photos of people without their permission in public -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpirPPx81ZE
7:36 pm - Tuesday, April 7, 2009
#6 peter k.
I'm affraid I don't get it right. Do you mean that if I come to London as a tourist I might be forbidden to take pictures ? It sounds insane, I hope it's only a bad joke !
12:57 pm - Wednesday, April 8, 2009
#7 Robin Edgar
I can't speak for the situation in London Peter, but the city of Montreal has an idiotic municipal bylaw forbidding people from taking anybody's photograph in Montreal without having first obtained their permission. It is an unworkable law in that their are numerous situations where it is extremely difficult to outright impossible to obtain the permission of people appearing in photographs. I will try and obtain the exact wording of this municipal bylaw and post it here later.
2:07 pm - Wednesday, April 8, 2009