Category: Access & Censorship

UK cops threaten to bust woman who videos her boyfriend’s search on terrorism charges – Boing Boing

Brit photographer who shot demolition of flyover arrested for terrorism – Boing Boing:

Alex took his camera out to photograph the demolition of a flyover (overpass) in Chatham, England. After refusing to give his identification to two plainclothes people who refused to identify themselves, he was arrested under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act

British Journal of Photography – The fight-back begins here:

Reports of photographers being harassed or stopped using bogus interpretations of anti-terror legislatuion are on the rise. Top help raise awareness of the issue and change public perceptions, BJP has begun a new campaign – and we’re inviting you all to join

PDNPulse: Baseball Re-Ups With Getty

SFGate: Daily Dish : Beyonce sweats over gig photos:

“Beyonce’s costumes are so tiny and her choreography is so complicated that inevitably she sweats. It looks pretty gross, so no one is allowed to shoot her from that particular angle any more.”

PDNPulse: Swedish Papers Boycott Britney Spears Over Photo Restrictions:

“Sweden’s four national newspapers, Aftonbladet, Expressen, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet boycotting Britney Spears concert at the Globe July 13. The organizer needs to press photographers must sign a contract that gives her the copyright to the images, and the right to decide which images may be published. ‘If they do not tear the contract we will not shoot,’ says DN’s image manager Roger Turesson.”

PDNPulse: Arrested Subway Photographer Files Lawsuit:

Robert Taylor, the transit employee and subway photography buff who was arrested earlier this year for taking a picture a New York City subway train, is suing the city over the incident.

Iran: 26 journalists confirmed arrested – Boing Boing

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George McLeod – The Globe and Mail:

When we stopped, an officer grabbed me, pinned my arm behind my back and led me into the bowels of the Interior Ministry headquarters – where so many Iranian dissidents ‘disappear’ Mistaken for a protester in Tehran, Globe freelancer George McLeod was captured and beaten by riot police. This is his story.

Via PDN

Holly Stuart Hughes, PDN:

A European photographer who was arrested in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday was not subjected to violence, but says, “other colleagues have not had such good luck.” Speaking to PDN by phone Wednesday night, the photographer says other journalists described being beaten and having their cameras and memory cards destroyed.

CORY DOCTOROW – Boing Boing:

Vancouver, site of an upcoming Olympic games, has just announced a policy prohibiting cops from taking away your camera or making you erase your photos.

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Editorial Photographers UK:

Solicitors acting for the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) are to make a formal complaint to the Data Commissioner over the failure of the Met police to provide details under the Data Protection Act of their surveillance of journalists.

PDNPulse: No Pictures: Iran Officially Bans Foreign Media

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CORY DOCTOROW – Boing Boing:

In Britain, cops have the power to search you if you take a picture of a “sensitive” area, but they won’t tell you which areas are “sensitive,” because they’re so “sensitive.”

Thomas Hawk Digital Connection:

The video above is from a Discarted.com altercation with a private security guard over a photographer’s right to shoot in public

Seattlepi.com:

“Taking photographs of objects or people in plain view is not a crime. Police should not presume that it is a suspicious act, and should not overreact by detaining people for taking pictures,” said Sarah Dunne, legal director of the ACLU’s Washington chapter.