bsteph - not sure how the laws werk in the UK, but in the us, we have that luvly freedom of the press which enables them to photograph and publish anything clearly seen and visable on a public street or place, or if taken on private propterty w/ rights given to said photographer - that is how the news can show video footage of football games w/ 100,000 screaming fans in the background. it would b an interesting lawsuit to say the least if you worked for a legit newspaper, say the post or ny times and were taking photos of the bridge for a documentation of say its 150th aniversary or something, and how it would b played out in court should the gov't choose to strip u of your rights to the photos - especially when you consider the us copyright office, and its explination of when something is copyrighted, and i quote, "Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form so that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device." take from http://www.loc.gov/copyright/