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CRAZY!!!

Thu Jul 14, 2005, 1:47 AM
Well this was really wierd:
Ok this tuesday I was photographing in my city.
Then this security guy walked to me and said do you have a photograping-license for this?
I ofcourse said no and then he said ok then you'll have to leave then i went home and e-mailed our municipality.
I got this e-mail back:
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Dear Martin,
For photographing on public streets a license is required.
You can normally request a license at the end of the year.
There are already 2 companies that have a license for photographing on the streets we don't know if there is room for a third one.
The costs of a license are euro 15.70 a year.

Greetings,
An kie Wiemer
department administratively legal matter
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So let's see you're a tourist and you are going to The Netherlands.
You can't even photgraph without that license that means you'll first have to request. You can wait verrrryyyyy long and then you'll have to pay 15.70 euro.

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:iconskymaiden:
That is so crazy! Talk about having your creative freedom taken away.. In New Zealand anyone can photograph anyone/thing in any public place, but if they want to use the image for commercial use a model release is recommended.
:iconsrboraa:
Well here you can photograph anything in public places without a special license except things like bridges, police stations, government buildings, army barracks and such. Maybe you were photographing a government / company building or a structure of importance to national security...
:iconsru:
probaply

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:iconkatoda:
what if i have a photographic memory?
:iconsru:
lol

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:iconrymboy:
Hm.. in Den Bosch I can't say i've had this problem.. then again I haven't had many encounters with Public security officers (other htan police) so yeah.. but I kind of find that strange. I think, they though you were a professional photographer and was taking picturse for a commercial cause. That's why you needed a license. But come on. We all know our government wants to get as much money out of us as possible ;P

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:iconsru:
this journal needs to be deleted i didn't undwerstand it right

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