For the past year I have been living in the United Kingdom about 25 miles outside of London.  If you think that photographers have a hard time in the US trying living here.  I created a delicious account linking local UK news articles and forums on how photographers are treated here.  http://delicious.com/ATPhotoPub

December 2008

I discovered an 8 page research .pdf on the legal rights of photographers in the US.  Click the Article title to read the document.

June 2008

From:  Flickr Forum

A thread on another message board prompted me to contact the ACLU in regards to photographers rights in public spaces.

Content of the message to the ACLU:

March 2008

Say you’re out for a photographic stroll, taking pictures of that cool old power plant on the edge of town. Suddenly seventy security guards swarm you and demand you hand over your camera.