Shades of Soviet Russia. Photograph a cop - go to Jail
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Post subject: Shades of Soviet Russia. Photograph a cop - go to Jail  Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:14 am |
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http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=836675
Quote: The law is expected to increase the anti-terrorism powers used today by police officers to stop photographers, including press photographers, from taking pictures in public places. ' Quote: The relationship between photographers and police could worsen next month when new laws are introduced that allow for the arrest - and imprisonment - of anyone who takes pictures of officers ‘likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.
Set to become law on 16 February, the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 amends the Terrorism Act 2000 regarding offences relating to information about members of armed forces, a member of the intelligence services, or a police officer.
The new set of rules, under section 76 of the 2008 Act and section 58A of the 2000 Act, will target anyone who ‘elicits or attempts to elicit information about (members of armed forces) … which is of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:13 am |
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This has clear room for abuse but its intent is to make illegal the recon/intelligence aspect of someone using " tourist" pictures to orchestrate a terror attack.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:09 am |
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This law has no place in a free society. Taking photos with hidden camera is so simple to do that, like gun control laws, this law will only affect the law abiding.
A sad state of affairs....
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:50 am |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:12 am |
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Britain hasn't been "Great" for a while.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:27 pm |
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princewally wrote: Britain hasn't been "Great" for a while. Unfotunately, it is increasingly becoming a fine litmus test for what's in store for the U.S.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:47 pm |
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1911fan wrote: This has clear room for abuse but its intent is to make illegal the recon/intelligence aspect of someone using " tourist" pictures to orchestrate a terror attack. History shows us that there can be a distinct disconnect between intent and actual application.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:58 pm |
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Quote: "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such a twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air-- however slight-- lest we become the unwitting victims of the darkness." (Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas) I for one would not like to be more European
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:01 pm |
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In France, you are not allowed to photograph or video tape any police action, any crime, or disseminate such on the internet. UNLESS you have a state license to do so, such as a television station that has it's permissions up to date.
Yep ... freedom is dying everywhere, and fast. It's a sign of things to come.
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:22 pm |
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As a photographer, this news is like banning guns to stop crime. It only stops the good guys from doing what they love. There is no way for them to stop the bad guys, because they can still easily take "illegal pictures" of whatever they want, and won't care about the law.
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:34 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:30 pm |
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"shades of soviet Russia"
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Dee
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:47 am |
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Lawyer in training, that link was awesome. Thanks
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