Have a read through this: http://www.artslaw.com.au/info-sheets/info-sheet/street-photographers-rights/. It would seem to suggest that other than for the intent of pornography, voyeurism and surveillance, it is not a criminal offence to take photographs of anything, unless the subject material is copyrighted. I can't say for certain but I don't believe the design of the A City trains to be copyrighted.It's still (apparently) not legal to photograph or video in places like Melbourne Central station - it's a hangover from the terror attacks 13 years ago where governments of every hue got paranoid and decided they wanted to control all sorts of public activities that could be construed as subversion or plot-making.At least you did the right thing by asking first!
However I've noticed recently that even though the signs are still in our major stations most tourists snap away happily oblivious to the legality... and the staff don't bother to stop them. It's extremely hard to stop people now-days when every single mobile phone, tablet and device has a high-resolution camera.
In my opinion it's another one of those silly, unenforceable laws that didn't really fulfil the original purpose anyway.
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Edited 31 Dec 2013 00:47, 8 years ago, edited by don_dunstan
Have a read through this: http://www.artslaw.com.au/info-sheets/info-sheet/street-photographers-rights/. It would seem to suggest that other than for the intent of pornography, voyeurism and surveillance, it is not a criminal offence to take photographs of anything, unless the subject material is copyrighted. I can't say for certain but I don't believe the design of the A City trains to be copyrighted.It's still (apparently) not legal to photograph or video in places like Melbourne Central station - it's a hangover from the terror attacks 13 years ago where governments of every hue got paranoid and decided they wanted to control all sorts of public activities that could be construed as subversion or plot-making.At least you did the right thing by asking first!
However I've noticed recently that even though the signs are still in our major stations most tourists snap away happily oblivious to the legality... and the staff don't bother to stop them. In my opinion it's another one of those silly, unenforceable laws that didn't really fulfil the original purpose anyway.
Edited 31 Dec 2013 00:45, 8 years ago, edited by don_dunstan
Have a read through this: http://www.artslaw.com.au/info-sheets/info-sheet/street-photographers-rights/. It would seem to suggest that other than for the intent of pornography, voyeurism and surveillance, it is not a criminal offence to take photographs of anything, unless the subject material is copyrighted. I can't say for certain but I don't believe the design of the A City trains to be copyrighted.It's still (apparently) not legal to photograph or video in places like Melbourne Central station - it's a hangover from the terror attacks 13 years ago where governments of every hue got paranoid and decided they wanted to control all sorts of public activities that could be construed as subversion or plot-making.At least you did the right thing by asking first!
However I've noticed recently that even though the signs are still in our major stations most tourists snap away happily and oblivious to the legality... and the staff don't bother to stop them. In my opinion it's another one of those silly, unenforceable laws that didn't really fulfil the original purpose anyway.