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Freedom to use your own photographs as you wish is under threat

— July 2015

Associated media

Soon, it could be illegal for us to show you this picture without getting permission from the owners of all the bulidings shown here (and the boat owner's permission too)!

At present in the UK and most EU countries, you can take a photograph  of, or including, a public building or work of art as long as you are standing on public ground, and you can publish it where you like - in a magazine such as Cassone, on your Facebook page or own website - wherever you want. A few countries (such as France) do not give you this right - you need permission from the building's owner or architect to show the building (or public sculpture, etc) in a published photo.

There has been an attempt to extend this right – called Freedom of Panorama – to all EU countries but instead it is now being proposed that the right be removed in all countries. This is a serious threat to magazines such as Cassone, and people publishing art and architecture books, magazines, journal articles etc. Please sign the petition against this restriction of a basic freedom:
https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-save-the-freedom-of-photography-savefop-europarl-en

You can also write to your MEP (Member of the European Parliament).

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