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My god! Talk about over analise the post with very simple questions within!

I asked here because I thought I would have some helpful advice, not to be questioned as to why my sister is doing her nut in!!!


I am shocked at how judgemental people on here actually are, and to think we're in one of the most frowned upon industries I think is a bit rich for any judgement to be passed on myself or anyone.


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Trinity.

Hi
I think you're over-reacting a tiny bit. Your initial post doesn't say your sister was doing her nut and that was just hyperbole from one replier. But i think all the respondants have basically given their honest opinions and views of the UK law.

The question you asked sounds simple but the legal answer is probably complicated considerably by such factors as exactly where the sports event was held, who was likely to be expected to be watching it, where the camera person was standing, what their intention was, and what they did with the images, not to mention whether they were longshots or detailed depictions of the kids involved. A very tangled mess in the eyes of the law i would imagine.

To think of a world where you can not take pictures with anyone in them without their or their guardians express permission would be non-sensical and nearly impossible unless we banned photography. Are we to build 10ft high walls around all sports tracks and pitches to stop someone seeing or photographing people or kids there, even if the land is public?

So i would guess that unless notices were up specifically saying that photography wasn't allowed, then it probably would be legal and i don't think it's reasonable for anyone to be getting worried about it unless they truly believe that there is some other unsavory aspect involved - which is probably fairly unlikely if a teacher is putting the pics on a school website to say "Hey, we have great school here with fun sports days ..."

Donald, thanks for the post. It does make sense and yes I know that there's lots of factors surrounding the photographing of children.



To my knowledge they didn't ask permission, nor did they state they would be taking any pictures.

There was a notice saying filming wasn't allowed


Trinity

Ah, so now we get some clarity. IF there was a sign saying no filming or photos AND IF the venue was either a private venue or had been hired to be used as such, then the owner or hirer has an absolute right to say if and when, how and who can be made an exception to the posted rule.

IF the venue did have a ban then it would be highly hypocritical of the teachers to be seen to be breaking the rule UNLESS it was clearly explained to all present that they would be doing so as part of the event.

In that case they really should have the rule relaxed for everyone as there is no harm in parents filming/photographing their children taking part.

Some teachers have a very bad and needlessly dictatorial record in this area, randomly using photos themselves in magazines, newspapers and on the Net yet banning parents wholesale from recording any school event.

As I said before, there's too much paranoia about this. There have been rumblings about photos being taken at public events in my area in the last year and many parents have expressed concern. Yet every week in the local press there are photos galore of school events, individual sports successes let alone photos of a local parade full of kids.

Another point. How many "worried" parents plaster their Facebook page with photos of their little and not so little ones?

All that's needed is a sense of proportion, for the headline writers to put things in perspective instead of grabbing for another shock, horror story and for adults to think like adults, weigh up each situation and react accordingly.

The World as Truely gone crazy... the sooner the aliens and zombies come the better for us all...