Not allowed photography at school play??

superdood

The schools don't like photos being taken at the school plays for a variety of reasons, NOT for the fear of pervs lurking in the audience.....I am NOT saying it never happens but my God, get a grip!
Would the school then go on to sell their own photos and dvds on the concert as my ds's school do every year? p-l-ease.
Stop the scaremongering, I am NOT saying it doesn't happen and wouldn't happen, trust me I KNOW, but sort the facts out first before you try and convince every parent that reads this thread that they are unwittingly putting their children on display for the wrong type of person.

mikey72

The school doesn't need a reason. You have no rights to take a photo on private property, such as a church, or school. You can withhold permission for your childrens images to be taken.
You can take photographs in public areas.
(It's about the right to privacy, if you're looking for a legal reason)

puddy

best pud is the only one who is correct. the reason mass photos cannot be taken or shouldnt be taken of plays etc is because if there are looked after children in the play, you are not allowed to have photos of them. their carer can take pictures, or the school can take pictures, but not anyone who may have the picture up in their living room etc.

its not either about the parents finding them, its about the fact that they are subject to legal proceedings

flippin36

Yet we are invited to purchase class photographs once a year.............

DirtPoorGuy

Sadly this has become common place in schools and is ridiculous, schools may cite an assortment of reasons as to why family and friends cannot take pictures of children participating in school plays etc but wether the school is willing to openly admit it the underlying reason is their paranoia of !!!!!philes.

If someone was determined to get a picture or video of a child then they would no doubt use some kind of covert camera, negating the point of placing a ban on cameras at these events, what is to stop someone taking pictures of children in the playground?, the risk to children is negligible compared to the damage this kind of paranoia can do to a childs social development, this sort of behaviour from schools and local authorities is a creeping infringement on parents rights, are schools eventually going to insist that pupils wear burkhas or prevent them going outside?

Far more children are killed or injured by cars, does the shool ban cars from the school premises, do they insist that parents and family members leave their cars at home if bringing children to school?

When my niece was at primary school the local authority placed a ban on taking pictures or videoing the children in the school play, the same local authority were perfectly happy to have a member of the press take a picture of my niece at an award ceremony and publish it without any parental consent or discussion, the first my sister new about it was when she saw my niece in the local paper.

I see that MSE has also succumbed to the paranoia by blanking out the first part of the word p a e d o p h i l e, what purpose does that serve?

puddy

flippin36 wrote: »

Yet we are invited to purchase class photographs once a year.............

either there are no looked after children in the photos or your school doesnt know its legal responsibilities

either way, no looked after children may have their images distributed to parties not involved in proceedings without the say of the court

mikey72

DirtPoorGuy wrote: »

Sadly this has become common place in schools and is ridiculous, schools may cite an assortment of reasons as to why family and friends cannot take pictures of children participating in school plays etc but wether the school is willing to openly admit it the underlying reason is their paranoia of !!!!!philes.

If someone was determined to get a picture or video of a child then they would no doubt use some kind of covert camera, negating the point of placing a ban on cameras at these events, what is to stop someone taking pictures of children in the playground?, the risk to children is negligible compared to the damage this kind of paranoia can do to a childs social development, this sort of behaviour from schools and local authorities is a creeping infringement on parents rights, are schools eventually going to insist that pupils wear burkhas or prevent them going outside?

Far more children are killed or injured by cars, does the shool ban cars from the school premises, do they insist that parents and family members leave their cars at home if bringing children to school?

When my niece was at primary school the local authority placed a ban on taking pictures or videoing the children in the school play, the same local authority were perfectly happy to have a member of the press take a picture of my niece at an award ceremony and publish it without any parental consent or discussion, the first my sister new about it was when she saw my niece in the local paper.

I see that MSE has also succumed to the paranoia by blanking out the first part of the word p a e d o p h i l e, what purpose does that serve?

It's still an invasion of privacy, much the same way as taking a photo into your house from the pavement.

DirtPoorGuy

jenner wrote: »

either there are no looked after children in the photos or your school doesnt know its legal responsibilities

either way, no looked after children may have their images distributed to parties not involved in proceedings without the say of the court

Sorry I hit the thanks button by mistake.

I really wish people would not make posts with the air of authority that they know the law when they do not, you do not need express permission from a court.

bestpud

flippin36 wrote: »

Yet we are invited to purchase class photographs once a year.............

At the school I was talking about, the looked after children weren't in the class/whole school photos.

DirtPoorGuy

mikey72 wrote: »

It's still an invasion of privacy, much the same way as taking a photo into your house from the pavement.

Hardly the same thing, parents are invited in to attend the event, it has been acceptable for many years and now suddenly some small minded councillors who have no real grasp of the risk bring in rules banning taking photographs.