Have marshals got the right to stop people filming and/or taking photos?

[Piglet]

Originally Posted by Flavio Galtieri

OK I'm am now getting confused. I do appreciate the free legal advice (if only because it doesn't happen very often in my experience ) but are you saying a marshal does have the right to stop an amateur photographer taking pictures or video in these circumstance or not? That is the question and I'm interested in knowing the answer as I frequently video races myself.

To answer this more generally, in the normal run of events nobody is going to stop you video'ng or taking photo's (outside of a pitlane where you may have more of a problem). Your obligation is not to use that footage or those photographs for commercial use. I know people who have had a tap on the shoulder for trying to sell images that they have taken without having correct accreditation and commercial licence.

There is a big difference between moving to video the aftermath of a potentially serious accident and having captured the accident taking place as it happened.

I suspect most of us can see the difference between these things. As I said previously, I know many professional photographers who have taken photographs of dreadful incidents and have chosen not to publish that footage, sadly modern technology puts that decision into the hands of those who do not have the same respect for others and subscribe to a more "me me me" culture and you won't ever convince me that there is any valid reason for such footage to be taken or shown.