> > From: > Cotty > On 4/3/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >> >Hi, >> > >> >This is interesting, and somewhat related to the stuff below: >> >http://www.epuk.org/News/472/npower-injunction-on-epuk-member >> > >> >I happen to know the photographer concerned - he lives in your neck of >> >the woods, Cotty, and we have a number of mutual friends. As well as >> >the environmental photography mentioned in the article, he spent time >> >in Rwanda and (I think) Macedonia. He has also worked for aid agencies >> >in Ethiopia, which is where my connection with him comes from. >> >Definitely one of the good guys. >> > >> >http://www.arbib.org/ >> > > I haven't met Adrian, although as a news organisation we have been > covering the Radley lakes story over the years. I've been up there > several times to film. The injunction applies to the media as well, and > the boss sent an email around noting that. Worryingly, the injunction > actually stipulates that one cannot photograph/film as opposed to > actually publish the results. > > This stems from animal rights activists photographing individuals on > building sites in Oxford where the animal research lab is being built. > Activists subsequently targeted individuals and criminal activity took > place. This is the establishment's pre-emptive strike at the activists. > I strongly disagree with the principle, as it limits a free media. If > there are activists out there photographing people with the intention of > identifying them with the intent to commit a crime, then fine - round > them all up and arrest on charges of obstruction - which is what happens > anyways, it's all a cat and mouse game they play. Or target known > individuals with injunctions - as happens already (and frequently) but a > blanket ban? That's censorship and disgraceful. > > Guess what the result is? We've stopped covering the story. And y'all don't have a 1st Amendment to fall back on either.
Not that the current government in the US appears too concerned about the 1st Amendment rights of anyone who disagrees with them. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
