[LargeFormat] Releases, privacy and practices - OT.

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The same law applies in England and Wales as does in australia (Scotland has a different legal system), one can photography anything from a public place (road, footpath etc) with a few execptions relating to 'Crown Property' (court buildings etc) and military installations. There are rules concerning the publishing of photos of individuals, not least those covering Libel.

As an interesting point, there has been a programme in place for the past years whereby photographers have been encouraged to shoot images of listed buildings from public land. A listed building is a building of sufficient historical or architectual merit that owners are obliged to maintain to exacting standards - they cannot replace a Welsh Slte roof with corrigated plastic sheets for example.

This photos have been published on the web (e.g. : http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/home.asp). Some owners of these properties have complained, saying that these photos are an invitation to burglary. It's nonsense of course and there is nothing illegal about the photographs concerned, but English Heritage are responding to requests to remove photos.


PS. Sorry there is no humour in this post, we exported all of it to the colonies in the 19 Century.