Johnny Casio Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 This is a strange one. I would expect this must be club specific, as before I set up InstaGate I spoke to our club to get their feedback and permission and they were supportive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red94 Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 What about the tweet from your seat competition surely that's breaking the club rules of taking photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 By paying to enter it probably gives them the rights, might say on back of the tickets By entering the ground you give them that right. However you can write to them if your a ST holder asking them not to and they will do their BEST not to publish pictures or images of you. All on the ground regulations as you go in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplyRed Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 The rules governing official photography at a football ground have been agreed between the FA and Football Dataco (http://www.football-dataco.com/media.html) and are utterly crass. Their 'official' line is that the only way you can 'officially' take photos inside a football ground is to get a 'license' from Football Dataco, who have been licensed by the FA to protect all football action image rights at football stadiums. All FA-affiliated clubs are required to buy into this arrangement. However, as has been experienced by a number of fans across different grounds, some clubs are more 'jobsworth' than others and it is probably down to each club's own interpretation of the rules and how much they care whether Football Dataco has exclusive media rights. If you want to be an official freelance photographer, the only way you can get a license is to have 30 (Premier League) or 15 (Championship) football match action photographs published in NATIONAL newspapers in the last 12 months. This is a Catch 22 situation, if you think about it - how can you possibly get 30/15 photos published in the NATIONAL press if you don't have a license to take them in the first place? Because of this, it is nigh on impossible to become a freelance football photographer unless you have served time as a photographer employed by the big media agencies, who purchase their licences generically from Football Dataco, and thus can demonstrate the basic requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 You only have to watch a Man Utd/Liverpool/Chelsea etc game on tv to see camera after camera used by there tourist support. Every time a player goes near the touch line he gets snapped by someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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