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No.. much more like someone taking the first picture of a building and then claiming all other pictures of the building violate some copyright of the first picture taker.

You mean like this?

As a keen photographer myself - to me these disused areas of the city are areas of public interest - particularly the old closed down underground stations. Rather than slapping down ASBOs on people - London Transport should wake up to the potential of their sites - and turn them into museums or at least offer guided tours of these sites - open them up to the curious public to view the sites in a safe manner

They actually did this a couple of months ago in the same station the 'explorers' were arrested in:

http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2011/11/01/your-chance-to-visit-an-abandoned-tube-station/

- and let photographers take the pictures they want to take. Just stop treating photographers as potential terrorist - because that is the last thing we are!

This, it seems, is a step too far for them!:

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/DSLRs_banned_from_Aldwych_tube_station_news_310663.html

AP and the BJP made a fuss, which has at least got TfL thinking:

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2136431/london-underground-apologises-dslr-ban-blunder

'The Museum is also exploring the possibility of holding a photography day at the end of the year at the station. "This would be for a much smaller group of people who could use digital SLRs and other equipment. The smaller group will be much easier to manage and allow visitors to get the photographs they want whilst being able to safely get up and down the spiral staircase."'

"The defendants are free if they wish to create a red on grey London icon image. They can even have a Routemaster before the Houses of Parliament. As their own evidence shows, these can be depicted in all sorts of different ways. But what they cannot have is a southbound Routemaster on Westminster Bridge before the Houses of Parliament at the same angle as the claimant's work on a greyscale background and a white sky, in circumstances where they have admitted seeing the claimant's work."

An amazing lack of fact in today's discussion, isn't there?

So, what are you implying?

That the defendants are innocent? (If not, are these the wrong pictures? Source: the article referenced by the article referenced by this /. article)

That it's possible to establish the line between infringement and non infringement by considering the direction the bus is going and the angle from where the picture was taken?

That the judge was stoned?

Or that all the process is perfectly correct and people should now fear copyright infringement every time they hope to publish a neat picture?

calling bs on this. Provide citations of ANY of the above happening.

Well, they issued new guidelines, relaxed restrictions on "registered photographers", stopped using section 43 and 44 of the Terrorism act, had a 'snitch campaign', hassle people with commercial permits, and even push people down stairs.

If you aren't aware of the myriad ways in which the London Police have gone completely batshit crazy with photographers .... well, you haven't been paying attention to the news. Do a google search for "london photography police", and read.

There are loads of documented cases of some cop or another deciding they have a law on their side which allows them to do almost anything to photographers. And, in fairness to London, I'm sure this isn't the only place this happens.

The citation for what the GP suggests is bloody easy to find.

Won't work here and now, of course. It's not, after all, hard to rent a car and drive past a place to take pictures years before you hit it.

Oh, we in the UK are well ahead of you! Hardened terrorists like this man are trembling in fear at our powerful new anti-photography laws, despite the efforts of some bleeding heart liberals.

Sigh. Even the Russians are scoring points off us.

Won't work here and now, of course. It's not, after all, hard to rent a car and drive past a place to take pictures years before you hit it.

Oh, we in the UK are well ahead of you! Hardened terrorists like this man are trembling in fear at our powerful new anti-photography laws, despite the efforts of some bleeding heart liberals.

Sigh. Even the Russians are scoring points off us.

Still better than Britain where you can get arrested or harressed for taking photographs anywhere the police do not like it..

When Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with Polonium-210, the media publicized that it was commercially available, although in very small quantities, in little brushes used for removing dust from lenses and old film. Po-210 is an alpha-particle emitter, which imparts that +2 ionization onto whatever it impacts. Once the dust on the lense or film is positively ionized, it repels itself and whatever it's sticking to, allowing it to be removed with essentially no mechanical action (like wiping), which could cause scratching. So, all we need to do it impregnate the glass of the solar panels with an alpha-emitter, and we'll be all set.

Unfortunately this is all too common these days. Everyone with a camera is automatically a paedophile or a terrorist (more even more.

However they still ask the public for photographs when it suits them.

Unfortunately this is all too common these days. Everyone with a camera is automatically a paedophile or a terrorist (more even more.

However they still ask the public for photographs when it suits them.

Unfortunately this is all too common these days. Everyone with a camera is automatically a paedophile or a terrorist (more even more.

However they still ask the public for photographs when it suits them.

Unfortunately this is all too common these days. Everyone with a camera is automatically a paedophile or a terrorist (more even more.

However they still ask the public for photographs when it suits them.

Unfortunately this is all too common these days. Everyone with a camera is automatically a paedophile or a terrorist (more even more.

However they still ask the public for photographs when it suits them.