Re: Interesting article on the amateur photographer hysteria

In article <672u3tF2mlci5U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, polygonum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
says...
> The nearest such plce to me has notices around it saying something like 
> "No photography". However, surely that applies to what you are 
> photographing rather than where you are photographing from? That is, if 
> I stand nearby, point the camera away from the restricted site and snap 
> a friend walking down the pavement, that would surely be legal. Whereas 
> if I point the camera into the site, even if I am on private land (e.g. 
> a house and garden adjoining the site), it would be illegal.

Not necessarily.

Just because there is a "no photography" sign, does not always make it 
illegal - I could put one up outside my house, but it would have no 
validity at all. It all depends on what it is and where it is and isn't 
an easy one to give a yes/no answer to.

-- 
Neil Barker