There has been a bit of noise in the press about the His Royal Idiot The Mayor of London putting up signs all over warning parents to be on the lookout for photographers in public places taking pics of their sprog and that these may be Pedophiles.
While it's fair that photos may be abused I think this will also cause a general witch hunt of photographers in public places, it is for example impossible to take any kind of wide photo of any touristy area in London without getting at least a small amount of kids in the scene, I suspect we'll be hearing lots of horror stories of innocent photographers being harassed as a result.
Previously I blogged about a flyer made to apply to the US laws regarding photography and mentioned how no such thing exists for the UK, well it does now and can be found here
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Nice one.
I have seen a photo in a magazine, (ES "Evening Standard"), which I wich to recreate in oil on canvas, would I be contravening any copyright laws as a result??
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That's hard to say, my gut feel would be yes.