On 2013-04-01 08:18:40 -0700, Martin Brown
said:

On 01/04/2013 07:48, Danny D. wrote:
On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:01:37 -0400 Scott Schuckert wrote:

legally, they're a private company that's been given a
monopoly contract to deliver the mail.

This is interesting.

So do we know what the law is about taking pictures at
a private company which is open to the public?

You are stood on privately owned land and the landowner has rights over
what he permits when you are stood on his land. There have been a
handful of very spectacular image rights cases involving photographs
taken on private property that were then used in advertising campaigns.
There may well be a notice on the wall stating what is permitted. Many
sport venues, supermarkets and department stores have similar policies.

It isn't illegal in the UK but it is civil trespass if you do not cease
and desist from taking photographs on private land when asked to do so.

All of that makes perfect sense for photography on private premises,
such as almost all private property, some sports venues, many malls,
etc, and naturally, public property where there are legitimate security
concerns. However, the most interesting thing in in your post is your
turn of phrase, "You are stood". Somehow that sounds as if the reader
is wheeled out strapped to a hand truck, much like Hannibal Lector in
"The Silence of the Lambs" and "stood" in place on the particular
location.

Were you perhaps looking for "are standing"?

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Regards,

Savageduck