Right to publish and sell photographs of public buildings and artworks in EU

[NJH]

Except here in the UK where our over zealous bureaucrats will do everything in their power to make sure we randomly apply the most extreme interpretation of any new law. The abuse of anti-terror laws being a case a point. Anyone remember this? http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/08/police-search-photographer-terrorism-powers

 

[I.G.I.]

We live in parasitising rent-extraction capitalism. So it is only natural more vested interests to try and influence legislation further with the aim of even more opportunities to extract rents (licensing "rights", extracting fees, etc)

 

[cliveh]

If you are not standing on private land, you can photograph anything you like. What you do with that picture is another matter.

 

[AgX]

Even that is changing. There has been some jurisdiction here lately where the sheer act of taking a photograph has been seen as harassment with the chance of publication in mind.

And with even some discussion on the legal situation in just one country, the trouble of understanding the different situations in neighbouring countries, several of which you may visit within just a few hours by car, should be obvious.

 

[DREW WILEY]

I wouldn't want my house photographed. The Hatfields and McCoys would sue me for architectural plagiarism!

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Except here in the UK where our over zealous bureaucrats will do everything in their power to make sure we randomly apply the most extreme interpretation of any new law. The abuse of anti-terror laws being a case a point. Anyone remember this? http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/08/police-search-photographer-terrorism-powers

It appears the root of that problem was the bank security guard feeling it was his Duty to question the photographer and not liking the response, so the police were called. Nice way to show he's doing his job, you know?

There is also the little-known fact that ballistic missiles are hidden within old church spires.

 

[AgX]

By the way, it would be nice to read the original EU proposition. I could not find it at an EU-site so far.

All I found so far are this

press report
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/...e-rightholders’-and-users’-interests-say-MEPs

and this video of the voting:
http://audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu/Assetdetail.aspx?ref=I104582

 

[NJH]

Theo that is sadly fairly normal in this country, jobsworths as we call them are one of the negative sides to our culture that needs to be resisted by every sane person at every opportunity.

 

[AgX]

Today a next step in this issue was taken:

EU Parliament rejected that proposal for changes on the legislation on copyright.


To be continued...

 

[AgX]

Here is text of the decision of the EU-Parliament from this week on the copyright matters:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides...//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2015-0273+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN

However, the true text of the universal Freedom of Panorama proposal is still not available...


A new attempt on harmonisation will be started this year.