Sweden prohibits photographing private persons without their prior consent

[Nikkon]

Just read this: News: Sweden prohibits photographing private persons without their prior consent - Open Photography Forums and this (via translate.google.com)That would be a pity for all the street photographers without any other intention than artistic. Just a matter of time that this will spread throughout the EU. How is this in the USA?

 

[Horoscope Fish]

I'm curious how they intend to enforce that...
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[stmv]

I wonder if this eliminates people taking pictures during sporting events, awful hard to not get in bystanders, oh and what about parades.. nope,, cuts out human experience.

I consider this laws that tries to solve a problem (photo stalkers),, by punishing the non problem people,, which is not effective,, since the photo stalkers keep shooting,,

so essentially, they want an law that they can punish when they want to punish (again, a photo stalker that they find photos taken by them with consent),

Meanwhile, they make the honest photo citizen a law breaker if they take pictures in their downtown that includes people.

in the meantime the same govt can film citizens 24/7 from every lightpole in the country without any consent.

 

[stmv]

I'm curious how they intend to enforce that...
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They don't,, it just gives them a convenient weapon to add another charge against a person they arrest for stalking or such. But stalking laws already exists, so,, why punish the rest of the photo population?

 

[Roy1961]

outlaw cameras

 

[AC016]

Just get one of these and no one will know that you took a picture of them:

View attachment 38808
Zoom-Nikkor 1200-1700mm f/5.6-8P IF-ED
Lens construction:
18 elements in 13 groups
Picture angle (diagonal): 2°-1°30'
Number of
diaphragm blades: 9
Closest focusing distance: 10 m
Weight: 16,000
g
Size (maximum diameter × maximum length): 237 mm × 888 mm

 

[riverside]

I guess that means no more images of the riots going on in Sweden. Difficult to ask/receive permission under those circumstances.

 

[WileyCoyote]

Just get one of these and no one will know that you took a picture of them:

View attachment 38808
Zoom-Nikkor 1200-1700mm f/5.6-8P IF-ED
Lens construction:
18 elements in 13 groups
Picture angle (diagonal): 2°-1°30'
Number of
diaphragm blades: 9
Closest focusing distance: 10 m
Weight: 16,000
g
Size (maximum diameter × maximum length): 237 mm × 888 mm

WOW! At only $75,000.00 each I may just splurge and get one of them . And then go to Sweden and start taking pictures of ABBA from miles away.

 

[ABN Panzer]

outlaw cameras

X2.... Seems to be the norm for everything else...

 

[TedG954]

Wow.

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[Dave_W]

...Just a matter of time that this will spread throughout the EU. How is this in the USA?

The US is pretty clear on what is private and what is not. You can photograph anything you can see when standing (or sitting) in a public area. This includes people, structures and even things you can see through private windows. I highly doubt this will change anytime soon since surveillance is a growing trend.

 

[Nikkon]

You can photograph anything you can see when standing (or sitting) in a public area

So the only restriction is that you may not photograph lying down.
:smile-new:

I find the law also paradoxal: here in the NL sometimes authorities ask for photos or videos (from cellphones) from individuals as auxiliary material from a crime scene. That wouldn't be possible without people photographing others.