Phred wrote:
> In article <4882ab35$0$1024$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> louis14 wrote:
>>> "lynx" wrote in message
> [snip]
>>> My house is not visible from the street. You would have to come 50 metres
>>> down the drive to get a shot of it. Will they do that? Surely that can't be
>>> legal.
>> It would be tresspass. If such a photograph appeared, you'd be able to
>> force its removal.
>
> According to a legal eagle heard in Qld on Regional Radio talkback the
> other day, people (All? Just those who *need* it?) have access from
> the street to your front door *unless there's a sign withdrawing that
> right*. So it wouldn't be trespass unless there's a sign saying "No
> trespass" or similar. (Maybe "No hawkers" would do.)
They have an implied licence to go onto your property for the purpose of
reaching your front door. That is not an implied licence to go there for
the purpose of taking photographs.
Sylvia. |