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Re:UK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stu... by wildefyr on Sunday December 13, 2015 @11:51PM (#10729477)
Yet again I am ashamed of my government.
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Re:UK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stu... by ptaipale on Monday December 14, 2015 @09:02AM (#10730983)
I think you don't need to be, because it seems arstechnica is misrepresenting the proposed change.

This kind of sensationalist activism is all too common, but my understanding is similar to blowski's above:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10730178

not about photographing, but about publishing, particularly in commercial purpose, pictures of actual works of art.

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