A few filming laws

This post is way over-due...

Private Property

• Taking a picture of a private property from a public domain is permitted without consent from the landowner.
• The landowner has the right to impose any restrictions he wishes upon entry to his property, including a restriction on photography.

Public Places

• There is law prohibiting photographing a public building or park for private use.
• There is a prohibition on taking photographs in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square in London for commercial use.
• The same prohibition applies in the Royal Parks.

Harassment and invasion of privacy

• It is illegal to stalk a subject in order to get a photograph of them, or to repeatedly thrust a camera into their face.
• The use of a long lens to take a photo of someone in a private place has been outlawed, even though the photo is take from a public place.

Photgraphs of children

• It is prohibited to take indecent pictures of children under the age of 18.
• It is permitted to photograph children in a public area.
• A child under 16 may be used as a paid model only with a license obtained from the local authority.