#SaveFoP: Save Our Freedom of Panorama
The issue is now resolved. The petition was successful and Freedom of Panorama was saved. With thanks to all who participated.
– With links to the petition, UK MEP’s email addresses and tweeting tags. Please pass it around. :-).
Originally posted on phnat.org (Photographer Not A Terrorist). With thanks to Nico Trinkhaus who created the petition and Rabirius (Rabirius.me) who promoted a chain reaction.
Image © Grant Smith
On 9 July 2015 the European Parliament will vote on the “Freedom of Panorama” legislation, a law that if passed will restrict your right to take photographs from a public place of buildings and even views that have been copyrighted. Read more here.
In the the days leading up to the vote photographers rights campaign group I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist (PHNAT) calls on all photographers, professional and amateur, to go out and photograph your local landscapes and views, then tweet your photos to the European Parliament.
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Whaat! That’s just ridiculous. I hope that doesn’t get passed.
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July 3, 2015 at 14:39
The chances are that it won’t, provided people keep up the pressure. News: NUJ are now backing the campaign
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July 3, 2015 at 17:56
that seriously would be strange. horrible. i think we would need a new word for that. hope they wont be able to do this law.
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July 7, 2015 at 00:10
The petition against stands at 317,923. At
https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-save-the-freedom-of-photography-savefop-europarl-en?recruiter=104251845&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
Need more. The vote is on the 9th July. Please pass it along (Facebook, tweet etc). Every little bit helps and thanks for dropping by. 🙂
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July 7, 2015 at 00:21
done, now waiting to see how many people will kick me because of spamming their inboxes 🙂
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July 7, 2015 at 00:38
Well done you. I’m sure they will love you for it. There will be bears galore. 🙂
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July 7, 2015 at 05:40
do we have any time when the result will be known? :-O
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July 9, 2015 at 17:42
The petition was delivered yesterday (480,000), they voted today and the matter was dropped (we won). 😀 yay and thanks for your help. 😀
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July 9, 2015 at 18:31