Big Brother Hates Being Filmed!

Photographers Rights And The Law In The UK - A brief guide for street photographers.

Know your rights when you're out with your camera.

Despite the law being clear on a citizen's rights to freely take pictures in public places (with a few restrictions) there is growing evidence of the police, police community support officers (PCSOs), security guards and general jobsworths failing to respect the rights of photographers going about their lawful business.

Street shots
If you're on a public right of way - such as a public pavement, footpath or public highway - you're free to take photographs for personal and commercial use so long as you're not causing an obstruction to other users or falling foul of anti-Terrorism laws or even the Official Secrets Act (frankly, this one is unlikely).

Property owners have no right to stop people taking photos of their buildings, so long as the photographer is standing in a public place (e.g. the road outside).

However, if you're standing on private property and the landowner/occupier objects, then they have every right to request that you stop immediately and ask you to leave if you refuse.


Shopping Centres
Most shopping centres and malls stand on private land with many gaining a notorious reputation for speedily dispatching stroppy security guards demanding that you stop taking photos.

The irony that they're already busy filming you from every angle via a flotilla of CCTV cameras is generally lost on them.


Deleting images
Security guards do not have stop and search powers or the right to seize your equipment or delete images or confiscate film under any circumstances.

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[Blighty4eva]

That stupid foreigner PCSO WAS A BLOODY IDIOT

[reeceparsons54]

as far as i know an english white working christian male as NO rights in england. the system is always against them!!!. scotland and wales are more tolerant tho!!!

[TheJakedavies]

This video definatly show's some of the poor policing that goes on in the UK. For anyone watching this video in another country, not all police are cunts. Just a handfull. And a few of them are seen in this video. All the power goes to the head. Instead of enforcing the law, They think they are the law.

[TheMashking]

@Blighty4eva the fact he was a "foreigner" has nothing to do with the fact he's an idiot

[MsOneiroi77]

that guy should be fired

[ebayaddict19]

the cop isn't even english, foreign cunt fuck off back to Poland 

[SerinaJK]

Good going man! These morons don't belong harassing you. It's the same here in the U.S. We have problems with officers trying to put a cap on our rights as well. They will eventually learn to stop as long as we keep active in defending our rights.

[silenceneverheard]

@reeceparsons54

The English, white, Christian male bit has nothing to do with it. It's about money. The working class have no rights and the middle class have barely any. Only the very rich have rights and the police enforce them on their behalf.

Labour lied, the Lib Dems lied, the Tories lied and the BNP are telling lies too! The party leaders want a police state worse than the one we have already! If you don't want a police state don't vote for them!

[bigcree]

@girlznguitarz yep!

[girlznguitarz]

@bigcree Absolutely....they can shove them where the sun don`t shine..... : )

[girlznguitarz]

Yes exactly, that`s the only jobs idiots can get!