In a Rolling Stone feature in 2017, Styles said he learned a lot from his relationship with Swift, particularly about being photographed in public. They didn't talk much about their relationship, but a number of songs on Swift's album 1989 are supposed to be about the Harry's House musician. The couple reportedly broke up on January 4, and Swift headed home alone in some memorable paparazzi photos. But things took a turn while they were on a trip to the British Virgin Islands. Then, they went skiing in Utah with Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, who were dating at the time, and kissed in Times Square on New Year's Eve after Swift's performance. That legislation, championed by actors including Halle Berry, increases penalties on anyone attempting to record or photograph a child because of the identity of their parents in a manner that 'seriously alarms, annoys, torments, or terrorises' them.David Krieger/Bauer-Griffin // Getty Images Legal experts agree that the UK is unlikely to introduce anti-paparazzi legislation like that which was signed into law in California in September. It's a misuse because they are not really being harassed – they are inviting it.' He added: 'I think it's an abuse of the law because these laws were set up for people being harassed and stalked when their lives are in danger. 'They're invading their own privacy 24/7 so why shouldn't someone else? What right do they have to lecture on privacy?' 'If you're putting it out there on Twitter, you are exposing yourself,' he said. Injunctions are going to become more commonplace because they can stop the harassment but, for privacy, often the horse has bolted.'Ĭharlie Pycraft, a freelance photographer, had little sympathy for celebrities such as Styles who actively court publicity on Twitter and other social networks. 'The only options available are the PCC and injunctions,' he said. Paul Tweed, a media lawyer whose clients have included Britney Spears and the Duchess of York, said he had witnessed a dramatic increase in complaints from public figures about photographs taken of their children. Everyone, including people in the public eye, should be entitled to live without persistent harassment and intrusion.'

'Ultimately newspapers and magazines pay for photographs of this nature so some of the blame lies with them. He said: 'Photographers are not signatories to the PCC so the PCC can't adjudicate against them, but the PCC can inform newspapers that a specific person does not consent to being approached or hounded. In 2011 Tinglan Hong obtained an injunction against the paparazzi to deal with the sudden interest in her private life after she gave birth to Hugh Grant's daughter.Īccording to Gideon Benaim, a media lawyer at Michael Simkins LLP, celebrities can be left with little choice but to take their grievance to the high court because the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) is limited in its powers. The singer Cheryl Cole won a similar high court order last year after complaining about the 'intense and very annoying' experience of photographers camping outside her home. The injunction places the One Direction singer among a handful of stars who have asked the high court to settle their skirmishes with the paparazzi. Styles, who shot to fame in 2010 after auditioning for The X Factor, was not in court for the short hearing on Monday morning. The injunction against 'Paparazzi AAA and others' will remain in place until the new year, when Justice Nicola Davies will decide how the action should proceed. Sherborne said the case concerned a group of photographers, four of whom were in the process of being identified. Rather, it is the method or tactics which have been used by a certain type of photographer.' He remains happy to do that, as he always has. 'Mr Styles is not trying to prevent fans approaching him in the street and taking photos. 'This is not a privacy injunction,' the singer's lawyer, David Sherborne, told the high court in London. The order prevents unnamed photographers from pursuing Styles by car or motorcycle, placing him under surveillance or loitering within 50m of his London home.

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