Like most visitors to London, Klaus Matzka and his teenage son Loris took several photographs of some of the city’s sights, including the famous red double-decker buses. More unusually perhaps, they also took pictures of the Vauxhall bus station, which Matzka regards as "modern sculpture". But the tourists have said they had to return home [...]

From today, anyone taking a photograph of a police officer could be deemed to have committed a criminal offence. That is because of a new law – Section 76 of the Counter Terrorism Act – which has come into force. It permits the arrest of anyone found “eliciting, publishing or communicating information” relating to members [...]

A fellow named Jordan writes via Boing Boing: Security guards in a Silver Springs business district are enforcing a "no photography" policy, under the false claim that the street in question is private property. The Peterson Company, which manages the buildings on this DC-area street, claims the right to protect their brand. Not to be [...]

The rights-grabbing terms in Microsoft’s Future Pro Photographer Photo Contest that I previously posted about have been changed! The old, abusive clause has been changed from 5. ENTRIES PROPERTY OF SPONSOR. All Entries become the property of Sponsor and Administrators and will not be returned. By submitting your Entry, you grant Sponsor and Administrators an [...]

By entering work in the Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Photo Contest, you give them all rights to it. Not even by winning, just by entering. They’ve done it in a really sleazy way, too. The contest FAQ says: Does Microsoft own the rights to images submitted to the contest? As an entrant, you retain the [...]

NOTE: We have sent a copy of this to the WPPD team, and will be happy to include their response. Were it not for the time-sensitive nature of the material, we would have done so prior to publication. I was psyched for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day this year. I packed up a bunch of film [...]

Check out The Digital Photography Show #41, an hour-long podcast interview with photographer/attorney Bert P. Krages. His Web site says: Bert is an attorney who concentrates on intellectual property and environmental law. He is recognized nationally as an advocate of the right to take photographs in public places, having appeared in media such as National [...]

Neftaly Cruz was arrested in Philadelphia, PA, US, for taking a picture of police activity on the street, from his own yard, with a phonecam. This is completely legal in the US and has been repeatedly and explicitly upheld by the courts. An NBC affiliate’s article on the incident says: "He opened up the gate [...]

Thomas Hawk writes: Today, aqui-ali (another local Flickr photographer), helveticaneue (in from out of town) and I went out to do a bit of shooting. Since Aqui had a meeting down on 2nd Street later this afternoon we decided to head that way and shoot the Transbay Terminal. 45 Fremont was in our path and [...]

The following is taken in its entirety from the current GRINZ newsletter: After 12 years of photographers working towards this with the government(s), Associate Commerce Minister Judith Tizard has announced that the Copyright Act (1994) is under review, specifically the Commissioning Rule as it relates to photography. Even if you aren’t a full-time professional photographer [...]