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Originally Posted by eeyore  again not so - the policy is quite clear, no comercial photography (or publication etc) without permission |
But Pete, from what I've been reading they're not giving anyone permission - not even for a fee. They are trying to turn NTPL into a monopoly for pictures of NT properties. They have a handful of photographers that they will commission if they need a specific picture that they don't already have (I've read that David Notton and Joe Cornish are on the list) but if anyone else, pro, semi-pro or amateur, approaches them for permission they're being told no - even if they're able and willing to pay the licence fee.
I don't want to argue the legal niceties of actual ownership of all this land (largely because I don't really know enough about it, in spite of my pontifications above
) but it seems to me that this doesn't square with their charter as a charity and it certainly doesn't square with their motto "For ever, for everyone".
Dave P.