What are the rules about taking a camera into a football stadium, somewhere in the back of mind is the thought that it is forbidden due to copyright regs????
Although I would love to take my camera to a match I'm always worried that it will be confiscated and as it is a reasonably sized camera I can't hide it and wouldn't want to loose it to some security guard.
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I do have a friend that's been stopped from taking pictures at another ground though. I don't think it was confiscated, but he was warned that he'd be ejected from the ground if they saw it again.
It's a little odd. 16 suggests they are quite relaxed about stuff taken on a mobile phone for "personal use" (and, of course phones have mega pixel cameras now)! But are a bit more worried about regular cameras. I suspect what they are really concerned with is HD video recording and they'd be okay about a stills camera. If you find out from the club please post up the response.
16 Mobile telephones are permitted within the Ground, provided that they are used for personal and private use only and provided that no audio, visual or audio-visual material captured by a mobile telephone may be published or otherwise made available to any third parties including, without limitation, via social networking sites.
The 2 ground regulations as shown above on the club website are the closest to bringing a camera into the ground. Maybe best to check with the club before though I have never seen anyone have their equipment confiscated before.
It's a bit like the one below. I have never seen that used by club officials in the upper North toilets either ;-)
15 Football League stadia are smoke-free and smoking is not permitted inside the ground
TWEET US YOUR PICS FROM THE MATCH @CAFCOfficial
© 2014 Charlton Athletic FC C
Answers the question I suppose.
I think most people just want to gain a memory for personal use, and I cannot see any harm in that.
Selling images or reproducing a book for commercial gain, may be another thing, and certainly you should get approval from the press office, and accreditation.
I always approach the club, through the press office, and they are very helpful.
As others have posted the phone camera is pretty good resolution these days, someone took a great photo of the Valley at the Colchester game posted on this very site, hopefully the club will take a sensible approach to fan's that are just proud to promote there club.
Of course you could object to your image being used, ( as my photo of the museum logo that I designed on another posting on here) but frankly I am delighted that that someone is promoting the club/museum. That was what I designed it for.
I always remember lunatics like Ozaddick, if images help to keep them in touch, then I'm happy.
Personally, I think they must be pretty sad & have to stick the photos on facebook or whatever.
Look at me, I'm having a great time, aren't you jealous. Look, at me I go out sometimes !
There was a study recently that suggested people who use social networking sites heavily are more likely to have low self-esteem and view there own lives in a more negative manner; purely because they only see the positive images that their peers post.
This obviously leads to a catch 22 position where people then post the best bits of their day online, and receive validation via the approval of their peers, thus temporarily alleviating their own feelings of self doubt but causing similar effect on others.
Personally, I post a few pics on instagram when the mood takes me but generally ignore most social media; I make the exception for twitter as it keeps me up to date with the news and generally makes my commute a little more enjoyable.
It's come close to ruining relationships for me to be honest, nothing worse than being with someone who seems obsessed with reading their Facebook feed that consists of people they barely like and people they haven't seen in years.
That said, there's often some cracking pics on twitter and instagram from The Valley, and like all things, in moderation social media is pretty cool.
Regarding the camera, I get the impression Charlton has it covered in the T&Cs that they can do whatever they want if you take a camera in; but in reality they encourage it as long as you don't take the piss or try and gain financially out of it. Seems a fair policy to me!