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Title: The Rights of Professional and Amateur Photographers Petition to Australian State and Federal Politicians
Post by: Istock News on March 12, 2007, 00:11

All Australian photographers please sign this petition.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ausphoto/petition.html
      

Title: Re: The Rights of Professional and Amateur Photographers Petition to Australian State and Federal Po
Post by: litifeta on March 13, 2007, 05:36

privacy is out of control in this country.

i had a cop take my camera off me after taking a photo of a lion statue in a park after some clown suggested i was taking photos of kids.

Title: Re: The Rights of Professional and Amateur Photographers Petition to Australian State and Federal Po
Post by: CJPhoto on March 13, 2007, 06:29

Is that in Australia.  i am sure an over eager cop could happen anywhere.

This petition seems to be in response to a news paper article.  Is this real or just editorial license to print more papers.

Note: there is a similar petition in the UK which isn't even petitioning against government policy.  Just doing a pre emptive strick so to speak.

Title: Re: The Rights of Professional and Amateur Photographers Petition to Australian
Post by: t_rust on March 13, 2007, 18:38

if you are in Australia

you might want to read this:
http://blogs.smh.com.au/photographers/archives/2007/02/photography_is_not_a_crime.html

and make a few prints of this:
http://www.4020.net/words/photorights.shtml#infosheet


after having been questioned, details recorded and almost arrested for taking photos on the sydney harbour bridge, I always have these with me. it was 5am+tripod, but so what.

the scary thing is that - as far as i understand it - they want to make photography in public illegal but at the same time the government is installing more and more security cameras in the same places ... that just does not sound right for me ...