Frankly, I don’t see how any law (except through abuse) can enable anyone to prevent spectators using the photographs they’ve taken as they see fit – let alone actually prevent them taking them in the first place.

A grounds may eject anyone (if not unfairly discriminatory), but that doesn’t grant them power over what anyone may do whilst present (least of all power to seize their cameras or delete photos).

No doubt the newspapers will scour Flickr and use those photos (having contrived that non-‘journalist’ spectators do the necessary).

I guess there’s some recent amendment to copyright that stipulates that the owner of a venue of a sporting event is granted an exclusive right to publish/broadcast coverage of that event – no doubt including the power to seize spectators’ recording equipment and any unauthorised footage.

When such unethical ‘rights’ are granted like candy one cannot be surprised at how increasingly corrupt things have become.