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matti
02-01-2006, 06:16
The article at News.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17859754-28793,00.html)

/matti
matti
02-01-2006, 06:18
Oh, I just noticed that this was quite old. Has it been discussed here already?
/matti
flashover
02-01-2006, 06:22
Did the coppers have their ridding boots and brown shirts on? Better not take any shots of planes fly'n overhead either as you may be planing to shoot one down.
FrankS
02-01-2006, 06:52
Bill, when are you starting up the Photographers' Rights Group?
Laika
02-01-2006, 07:24
A bit more on it ...

http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1550466.htm

Quote:

The Victorian Government is defending the freedom of people to take artistic pictures of industrial sites..... Acting Premier John Thwaites says while police should question suspicious behaviour, there is no law against taking photos of such sites.
matti
02-01-2006, 07:29
Wow, they really outlawd pictures that's not artistic!?!? Better keep your creativity in control and not take any bad holiday snapshots, then.

/matti


A bit more on it ...

http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1550466.htm

Quote:

The Victorian Government is defending the freedom of people to take artistic pictures of industrial sites..... Acting Premier John Thwaites says while police should question suspicious behaviour, there is no law against taking photos of such sites.
varjag
02-01-2006, 07:56
Wow, they really outlawd pictures that's not artistic!?!? Better keep your creativity in control and not take any bad holiday snapshots, then.

/matti

They should make snapshot division of vice squad, to handle the unlucky wannabe artists along with hookers and gamblers :)
peterc
02-01-2006, 08:15
Police have warned the club's members against photographing industrial sites, due to national security concerns.
All this is is an admission by the authrotities that they are too inept and/or lazy (likely both) to actually do their jobs.
It's the equivalent of when you can't tell the good guys from the bad guys "kill them all and let god sort them out".
Anyone wanting detailed pictures of inductrial sites just has to express an interest in investing in the company in question, ask for copies of annual reports dating back a decade and all the nice glossy pics you could ever want of refineries and factories will be sent right to your door.

Peter
ChrisN
02-01-2006, 18:38
There's a reasonably well-researched article on the legal aspects of private photography in Australia at http://www.4020.net/unposed/photorights.shtml. I think this link has been posted before.