Erotica 34,931 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 On 9 July 2015, the European Parliament might destroy photography.The Freedom of taking photos in public places is under attack. Until now, in most countries in Europe you were safe to take and publish photographs that are taken from public ground – This is called Freedom of Panorama. When you were on vacation, you could take a photo from the London Eye and share it with your friends on Facebook*. If someone wanted to pay you for using this photo, that was okay as well. But this is about to change may destroy photography as we know it.Julia Reda, member of the European Parliament, tried to bring the Freedom of Panorama to all countries of the EU, as few countries like France and Italy don’t have such law yet. In the majority of countries such as the UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria and Croatia, you’re safe to take, publish and sell photos of public buildings when taken from public grounds.However, the current draft turned the proposal upside down. Instead of bringing the Freedom of Panorama to the few countries that don’t know such law yet, it would take it away from all those who do. With this, Street-, Travel- and Architecture-Photography would be dead as we know it. It is impossible to find out the architect of every public building in order to ask for permission before you can publish and possibly sell the photo. This is crazy and idiotic. What would it be like if we weren't allowed to post our pics on the internet? This would also mean that Wikipedia and similar websites won't be able to publish photos of public places. We are in the middle of 2015 ffs.More than 278 000 have signed a petition against this craziness. Please sign too:https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-save-the-freedom-of-photography-savefop-europarl-en/u/11276795 Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,559 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 From my undeestanding the law is tp regulate the selling of pictures and NOT disallowing picture taking. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ˢᵖᵉᵉᵈ ᵃⁿᵈ ʷᵉⁱᵍʰᵗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester 6,388 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Signed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erotica 34,931 Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 From my undeestanding the law is tp regulate the selling of pictures and NOT disallowing picture taking. It would disallow selling and publish on the internet Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterdreams 1,529 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Wtf is this bs Haters gonna need more than a flashlight for my shade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde 14,857 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Between this and the gag law I'm so ****ing done with Europe I'm going to flee to the US. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,776 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 This could make my father unemployed. He makes architecture books Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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