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torchomatic
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I'll try and take my camera in. I stopped as I kept getting told off. YouTube threatened to chuck me off too! bastards.
Serious, the club must of seen the photos and complained. Stupid rule, you pay your entrance fee 4 someone to say you cant video or photograph the event
Jackoskyblue
Well-Known Member
Nick is there any way of posting photos from the iPhone ?
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
This has been a rule long before camera phones etc were around. When I was a steward in the mid - late 90's, cameras weren't allowed into the ground unless specific permission was granted. The reason for this was, that the press and the club owned the rights to all pictures taken inside the ground. It was all to do with copyright. I must admit, I began to wonder how they would get around all the camera phones when they first came out. I don't think the ruling has ever really been relaxed.
The rules only apply (and this has always been the case) to the publication of pictures of the game itself. Nobody gives a toss if you take a picture of the crowd.
On social networking sites it is unenforceable - the reason that they introduced this was to protect commercial interests and phone photos were usually too small to qualify.
Recently this has changed as phone file sizes have improved and when imagery goes viral, etc. serious
money can be made. Technically it is an infringement of copyright but virtually impossible to enforce.
Recently this has changed as phone file sizes have improved and when imagery goes viral, etc. serious
money can be made. Technically it is an infringement of copyright but virtually impossible to enforce.