Friday, June 29, 2007
What a Wonderful Town!
New York is considering a rule that will require any group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour to get a city permit and insurance. This rule, obviously meant to curtail commercial shooting, will affect both serious amateur photographers and videographers, as its language has been left vague enough to allow the police to discourage any group filming for more than thrity minutes in a location. It if passes, it would be a serious blow to the attractiveness of a tourist city that encourages people to come and savor its sights and communities. How many photographers stay at a particular location all day just to get that right shot? Now they'll need a permit?
Which, by the way, you have to download from the Mayor's Office?
Start spreadin' the news.
Labels: Art, Big Apple, Got a Permit for Breathing
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