Selling pictures of private property
- Thread starter Rick M
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No problem! It was a logical progression
So true...leave a thread going long enough and it always devolves into sex.
Not sure about all the laws in the UK, but if a place doesn't want you to take pictures, there's a sign saying so (eg. the local swimming pool).
As for shopping centres (malls), I've not come across any (that I have noticed) that forbid you from taking pictures inside. Heck, you're more likely to see people taking pictures with their super cool smartphones and the like than a person with a SLR round their neck.
I think people perceive those with a 'proper' camera as being very different to those that use their latest smartphone when taking a picture.
The later seems more acceptable, yet the former raises queries as to what they're doing.
As far as taking pics of kids are involved - yes even I have old pictures of me in my birthday suit, in the bath etc, and to be honest so do a lot of people. The issue comes, when someone has pictures of lots of different kids in the bath - that's when the law is called in and you get into trouble.
I'm pretty sure if you took a pic of your kid in the pool in your back garden then you're not likely to get arrested anywhere in the world!!!
If you did - well WOW!!!
And certainly wouldn't expect that in Oz... I mean for starters, how the 'eck would anyone know you took a pic of your kids in the privacy of your back garden? Nosey neighbours?? Tell em to, ahem <insert expletives here>
Now, publishing pics of your kids might be something different I guess. If you're sharing these pics with friends on social media sites, then again, the decision is yours. Heck even if you were doing it on a commercial basis - surely the decision was yours as a parent to have done that.
Again, I come back to the whole - if it's not your kids, then yes you should get into trouble!!
Very surprised that the Oz government actually passed a law like this - are you sure it's not a little more complex than how simplified you have portrayed it?
If you did - well WOW!!!
And certainly wouldn't expect that in Oz... I mean for starters, how the 'eck would anyone know you took a pic of your kids in the privacy of your back garden? Nosey neighbours?? Tell em to, ahem <insert expletives here>
Now, publishing pics of your kids might be something different I guess. If you're sharing these pics with friends on social media sites, then again, the decision is yours. Heck even if you were doing it on a commercial basis - surely the decision was yours as a parent to have done that.
Again, I come back to the whole - if it's not your kids, then yes you should get into trouble!!
Very surprised that the Oz government actually passed a law like this - are you sure it's not a little more complex than how simplified you have portrayed it?
Wow....reading these replies about laws in other countries makes me feel very fortunate to live in the US. While I can understand the intent of some of these laws, it seems that people have taken them to the extreme. Maybe I'm overly biased by living in the US but common sense dictates that if you can see it in public then it's "public", hence the words "in public". Moreover, how do these countries deal with security and street cams. Would I be in violation if I placed security cameras in my parking lot on the off chance someone may walk past and be photographed?
Again, maybe it's because I'm only seeing a small part of the picture (no pun intended) and perhaps when cultural and societal differences are taken into account these laws might make some sense. But from my POV these laws seem well over the top.
Again, maybe it's because I'm only seeing a small part of the picture (no pun intended) and perhaps when cultural and societal differences are taken into account these laws might make some sense. But from my POV these laws seem well over the top.