Photographs prohibited in the library?

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Blah Blah Wrote:

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> > I've taken lots of pics in Nunhead Cemetry and

> > never been told off.

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> So have I.. I entered the cemetry from the back

> gate. But I noticed the sign at the main gate.

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> There are not many people around to 'Tell you off'

> as you say.. and no complaints from the residents.

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> But.. It's against the Bye-Laws..

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> Foxy

See Renata's post above.

[stoo31]

The law is simple if you are standing on public land you can take pictures of whatever you can see. Including police officers, private property, cars, people in cars, children playing etc etc

If you are inside private premises or on private land i.e a library, train station, tube train, borough market it's at the discretion of the owners.

Technically described here: http://content.met.police.uk/Site/photographyadvice

[DulwichFox]

stoo31 Wrote:

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> The law is simple if you are standing on public

> land you can take pictures of whatever you can

> see. Including police officers, private property,

> cars, people in cars, children playing etc etc

>

> If you are inside private premises or on private

> land i.e a library, train station, tube train,

borough market it's at the discretion of the

> owners.

>

> Technically described here:

> http://content.met.police.uk/Site/photographyadvic

> e

I was standing on the pavement.. which is an through road. not a private road.

I was told to move on even though there were many people standing ouside the pub oposite drinking.

Just a jobswoth in a flat hat. A commissioneer type..

Foxy.

[Bony Fido]

I often use an app called QuickMark to scan barcodes on goods that interest me while going around clothes shops etc.

The app uses the phone's camera to scan the tags - seems to be a legitimate use of the camera's phone and likely to benefit the shop in the long run, assuming I subsequently purchase an item that I've previously scanned.

Thus a blanket ban on use of cameras in store could be counter productive. Presumably a bit of discretion when actually photographing/filming would be best i.e. make sure staff are not watching...

[Sue]

Bony Fido Wrote:

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> I often use an app called QuickMark to scan

> barcodes on goods that interest me while going

> around clothes shops etc.

> The app uses the phone's camera to scan the tags -

> seems to be a legitimate use of the camera's phone

> and likely to benefit the shop in the long run,

> assuming I subsequently purchase an item that I've

> previously scanned.

>

> Thus a blanket ban on use of cameras in store

> could be counter productive. Presumably a bit of

> discretion when actually photographing/filming

> would be best i.e. make sure staff are not

> watching...

But surely most (or at least many) would be photographing items in stores and/or their barcodes in order to then go off and try to get said item cheaper online or in another shop?

[BrandNewGuy]

Indeed. Lots of bookshops bemoan the fact that, for many people, they're a three-dimensional browsing space for Amazon.

[Sue]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> Indeed. Lots of bookshops bemoan the fact that,

> for many people, they're a three-dimensional

> browsing space for Amazon.

You'd have to be quite strong-willed if it was books, though, at least I would.

Delayed gratification is hard if you have the actual book there in front of you and it isn't exorbitantly expensive.

[tomskip]

Has op said why they were taking a photograph in the library? (sorry if I've missed it).