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UK Photographers Rights

Petition to: Abandon plans to amend copyright protection for photographers

Please all sign this petition against proposed UK government plans to amend copyright protection for photographers. This could enable anyone to use your images without paying you a penny if there is no IPTC metadata embedded in the file. You can read more about the issue in these articles from the British Journal of Photographers: [...]

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UK Photographers Rights Guide v2

UK Photographers Rights

It’s been over four years since we published version one of the UK photographers rights guide. We’re now very happy to be able to publish version 2 of the guide. This is intended to provide a short UK guide to the main legal restrictions on the right to take photographs and the right to publish [...]

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PHOTOGRAPHY IN PUBLIC AREAS

UK Photographers Rights

A Labour MP (Mitchell, Austin) has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons condemning police action against lawful photography in public places. His EDM reads as such: That this House is concerned to encourage the spread and enjoyment of photography as the most genuine and accessible people’s art; deplores the apparent [...]

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