April, 2009

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Shaky foundations exposed?

Monday, April 27th, 2009

The Copyright Action website has published a comment on the possible reliance of the National Trust on a 1965 schedule of Byelaws to ban commercial photography. Their conclusion is that this regulation (similar in legal basis to byelaws passed by local authorities, town or county councils) was intended to prevent itinerant photographers setting up to photograph visitors – the old tintype seaside trade.

http://copyrightaction.com/forum/national-trust-byelaws-in-a-twist

Here are the Trust byelaws in full.

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Great attitudes in Mallorca

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Visiting Mallorca in late 2008, I didn’t even bother to take a tripod. I knew that I was unlikely to repeat the hundreds of ‘cathedral by floodlight’ shots, and suspected that restrictions might prevent tripod use at sites we planned to visit. I encountered, instead, an almost enthusiastic reception for someone clearly carrying a large DSLR kit – and ended up buying a €30 tripod which saw plenty of use.

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Editorial Release Photography Permit

Monday, April 20th, 2009

With the advent of a copiously illustrated worldwide web, ‘publication’ has changed for ever. The legal definition of publication was always ready for this, because it never meant ‘going to press’. You published something if you displayed it your shop window or pinned a single notice on a supermarket advertising board. Publishing was, and is, no more than the act of making words, images or any other information public.

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