Kintyre Music Festival

[Jeanette]

The Kintyre Music Festival which is sponsored every year in June by the Rotary club and local businesses for school aged children has been taking place over the past few days.

I was there today to hear the vocal solo's and was told that no cameras or camcorders were allowed. Children cannot be photographed anymore. Not even by their family.

One member of Rotary knew nothing about it and I wonder when this ruling took place.

Does this mean proud parents and grandparents will have to leave their photographic equipment at home on sports days, nativity plays, school outings and even taking a picture of main street with schoolchildren outside McIlcere's will be a crime. Can anyone enlighten me on this because there have to be guidelines somewhere or we will all be breaking the law without realising it.


Jeanette

[Ship called Dignity]

Jeanette,

This has been the case for at least a year - it was in the news etc and I recall reading a bit about it on the West Dunbartonshire Council website.

It is a hard one to accept for parents etc as ther eis nothing stopping me taking my camera and taking a few photos of kids in the street then publishing them on here. But I am sure soon this will be illegal too!

It would have been good to publish some results and photos on here...

Perhaps someone with more knowledege on this could post?

[Jeanette]

Davie

Thanks for the reply.

I hope someone can at least let us know the rights and wrongs of this issue. If you go into any of the photographic competitions on the web you can see photos of children. We have to abide by rulings but when they are not too clear it is very confusing

Quite a few gaps in the family album I suppose from now on

Jeanette

[Malky]

Political correctness gone too far. I can't really see what a ruling like this will achieve.

Nanny state and all that

Malky

[amron]

At the beginning of term all parents have to sign a declaration that their child can be photographed that covers the schools for photos being taken in school, school trips or for the courier.
I think that under the childrens act every child taking part would have to have permission allowing them to be photographed it would be too much paperwork etc and you would only need one parent to object so it is probablly easier not to allow cameras.
My sister took a photo of her daughter in her last gymnastic display and she was mortified to be shouted at that she couldn't take a photo.
The rights and wrongs should be made clear as the majority of people don't know if they are allowed to take photos.
The music festival did state on the competition forms that there was to be no cameras or videocameras.