Comments on: Fake police at Canary Wharf

By: hotels in Canary Wharf

hotels in Canary Wharf — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:47:41 +0000

wow so your father was number 1 criminal. I suppose this measures are needed for security purposes. Well if you still haven’t notice “freedom” is variable.

By: FokeyJoe

FokeyJoe — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:31:52 +0000

But if you get a telephoto and stand on the street, they have no right to the photos because it’s a public place and even people’s photos can be taken and used without permission in that situation – so you take a photo of the fake police.

I’m surprised no one’s done a mass meet to descend on somewhere like the gherkin and all take photos of its’ lobby, and then run away really quickly and all post them up on the net. That’d be funny

By: Alex Threlfall

Alex Threlfall — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:01:13 +0000

Whilst he may have been on private land, the most the private plods can do is to ask him to leave if he isn’t complying with their rules.
You may have to show any pictures taken to the police if you are not doing it for journalistic purposes. If you are, then they need a warrant, otherwise you may be done for obstruction. If it’s for a blog or something similar, you may well be covered by the exemption in the law.
They have no right to ask you to delete any images, nor to confiscate any cameras or similar without arresting you.

By: Libertarian?

Libertarian? — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:11:42 +0000

“Fundamentally, you have the right to film, take photos, say, do or be anything and you don’t need permission to do so. This is the essence of freedom, and to let this right – which (if you excuse the hyperbole) was paid for with the blood of your ancestors – be lost is the only crime that really matters.”

Actually, your father had no rights to film. There is no such ‘right’. He was on private land. Just as if I were in your house, filming you, if you withdraw permission for me to do so then I no longer have the right to film. The behaviour of the security is a seperate issue.
It is the essence of freedom that the owners of the property (Canary Wharf) get to say what you may or may not do there. They have the same rights as you.