A freelance photographer has won an out-of-court settlement from the Metropolitan Police over pictures taken at a military parade last year.
Photographers’ rights
Olympics security alerted to photography guidance
G4S, the security company set to provide guards for the London 2012 Olympics, has been alerted to new guidelines designed to combat overzealous behaviour towards…
Photographers react to new anti-terror guidance
Photographers have given their reaction to guidance issued to the private security industry, designed to target overzealous behaviour by officials who suspect them of plotting…
Photographers’ rights: Government issues security guard guidance
The UK Government has today issued guidance to the private security industry after photographers mounted a nationwide campaign to stop guards acting overzealously.
Police photography stops escape official figures (update)
The number photographers stopped by anti-terror police is not specified in Government figures because police are still not obliged to log this data on their…
Photographers left in dark over terror figures
The Metropolitan Police has refused to reveal how many photographers it stops under anti-terror legislation - despite highly publicised criticism that forced a change in…
Braehead row latest: Delete, or you’re out (update2)
A shopping centre group is once again under fire for claiming it can ask people to delete images, just days after announcing a photo policy…
Photo rights meeting cancelled amid lawsuit threat (update 6.40pm)
The shopping centre photo row is set to deepen with news that amateur photographer Chris White may take legal action after police yesterday publicised a…
Police dismiss photographer’s complaint (update 11.10pm)
Strathclyde Police today claim that amateur photographer Chris White had ‘no basis’ for lodging a complaint against the force over pictures he had taken at…
Photo policy U-turn ‘victory for common sense’
An amateur photographer stopped while taking pictures of his daughter eating ice cream has welcomed as ‘a victory for common sense’ a U-turn by 11…
Ice cream photographer quizzed under ‘terrorism act’ (update 9.50pm)
An amateur photographer who says he was threatened with anti-terror legislation, after taking pictures of his daughter enjoying an ice cream, has demanded an apology…
Amateur photographer in police payout talks
An amateur photographer who was stopped while taking photographs in public is negotiating an out-of-court settlement worth thousands of pounds after suing police for wrongful…
Photographers not all terrorism plotters, security staff told
Private security guards taking part in nationwide anti-terrorism training have, for the first time, been told to adopt a common sense approach when considering whether…
Photographers’ rights focus for new RPS man
The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) aims to serve as a more 'powerful voice' on photographers’ rights, the newly announced director general has said today.
Police stop photographers over non-aesthetic pics
Photography rights campaigners have blasted a US police force which ruled that anyone seen taking pictures devoid of ‘esthetic value’ are suspicious and must be…
Photographers ordered to hand pics to police (update Monday 11.45am)
Media organisations have expressed disappointment after a judge ruled that news agencies and broadcasters must hand over photographs and footage of recent rioting in Belfast.
Photographers’ rights: When is ‘public’ land private?
When is a public area private? When it is labelled ‘public realm’ it seems. A photographer in Salford has become the latest to clash with…
Photographers’ rights Facebook page launched
Amateur Photographer (AP) magazine has launched a Facebook page dedicated to its long-running campaign to defend photographers’ rights.
Twitter: We did not trash Rio Ferdinand pics
Twitter has attempted to distance itself from the Rio Ferdinand deleted pictures furore, saying it was not responsible for removing the footballer’s White House photos.…
Photographer strikes first blood in Rihanna copyright fight
Originality in a photograph may be determined by its ‘total concept and feel’, rules a judge in a copyright battle between photographer David LaChapelle and…