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Old 17-05-2009, 04:51 PM
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Re: National Trust: photography persecution

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Originally Posted by eeyore View Post
yes - sorry i didnt make my meaning clear ( told you i wasnt a lawyer ) byelaw offences are criminal not civil but are usually (in my experience at least) subject to private prosecution , generally by the landowner or his agent.

it is unlikely that the crown prosecution service will be interested in taking the prosecution for transgressing them , or indeed the police be particularly interested in enforcing them. ( come to that its hard enough to get the CPS to prosecute propper criminal cases these days , some cops i know refer to them as the "criminal protection service"
I should think all this applies more to images of the houses or landscapes/famous landmarks and it's probably unlikely that they'd enforce it unless Martin Parr makes a famous image of 'fat lady eats ice cream outside Tatton Park' or Andy Rouse publishes 'Kingfisher dives off Alderley Edge' in his blog..... and they make a load of money NT wants into!

Do you ever get tired dancing about like that Eeyore??

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