Permission to photograph megalithic monuments?

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Rhiannon R
Rhiannon Jul 28, 2009 16:08:10
Replying to common era

Just because it's NT's policy doesn't mean it'd stand up in court. You'd think the reasonable thing would be to ask for permission and permission would be granted by most landowners. And then you could acknowledge them politely.

I can see that they might forbid you to take photos, that's one thing (albeit fantastically petty). But your photo or drawing or painting or poem or whatever, that's your creative work and you've got copyright on it. As I understand it anyway. They couldn't forbid you to publish and sell a drawing you'd made of stonehenge, surely - that'd be laughable. Surely that wouldn't stand up in court. And a photo is very similar if it's a work of creativity, which it is.

That;s what I reckon anyway.

S scubi63
scubi63 Jul 28, 2009 16:29:09
Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:
Just because it's NT's policy doesn't mean it'd stand up in court. You'd think the reasonable thing would be to ask for permission and permission would be granted by most landowners. And then you could acknowledge them politely.
I don't think this is about about politeness such seeking permission and/or acknowledgement, this is about money and how the NT can make as much of it as they can.

The more worrying thing is once it is proven in a court (if it ever is) then every landowner can also charge us for publishing a photo of any site should they wish to.