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The end of Photojournalism as we know it in the UK?
Paul Roberts, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Cheltenham | UK | England | Posted: 2:59 PM on 02.22.10 |
->> Its not really going to be an issue over here as there are no proposals to prohibit photographing without consent.
The ICO proposals are really best practice guidelines for government organisations, charities and so on about protecting personal information. I would hope, with no disrespect intended, that as a member of the National Union of Journalists and of the Association of Photographers in the UK that we would have heard about it here before an American website.
But then who knows these days? I'm not concerned. |
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Nigel Farrow, Photographer
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Neil Turner, Photographer
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Bournemouth | UK | United Kingdom | Posted: 5:53 PM on 02.23.10 |
->> The various photographic bodies in the UK have been busting a gut to oppose these proposals. I am a Vice-Chairman of the British Press Photographers' Association and we have got together with the AoP, NUJ, NAPA, BAPLA, EPUK and others to form the umbrella body The British Photographic Council.
I have been at three of the BPC meetings where this has been discussed and each meeting has been followed by solid action. BPC board members from both the NUJ and AoP have been amongst the hardest working on this issue.
The amount of lobbying and letter writing that has gone on has been unprecedented in my 23+ years in the industry and the Editorial Photographers UK mailing list has been coordinating a massive response.
The IPO has based their recommendations on some lightweight research and the proposals have been added to a government bill that has some good measures in it. The big problem is that this government will be up for re-election by May and they want to get the legislation through before then. This has lead to some cutting of corners and stills photographers stand to lose out.
There has been progress in the last 24 hours and the IPO have invited the photographer bodies to meet with them on Friday after which we will know more. I cannot speak for the NUJ and AoP about their communication with members but we have kept BPPA members informed and urged them to write to their MPs. The matter is certainly not going to go away after yet another meeting but we are fighting pretty damned hard.
The joke here is that the idea of orphan works did not originate here and one of our best hopes of getting it removed from the bill is that fact that the clause as it stands goes against several international treaties, not the least of which is the Berne Treaty. |
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Paul Roberts, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Cheltenham | UK | England | Posted: 3:34 PM on 03.23.10 |
| ->> I take that all back by the way. If you are UK based, email your MP and ask them to oppose clause 43. |
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