Permit May Be Required For Public Photography in NYC

G4Cube passed us a link to a New York Times article about a troubling development in public photography rights. New York City is considering requiring a permit for photographers, film-makers, and even possibly tourists who want to shoot imagery in the Big Apple. "New rules being considered by the Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting would 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. The same requirements would apply to any group of five or more people who plan to use a tripod in a public location for more than 10 minutes, including the time it takes to set up the equipment. Julianne Cho, assistant commissioner of the film office, said the rules were not intended to apply to families on vacation or amateur filmmakers or photographers. Nevertheless, the New York Civil Liberties Union says the proposed rules, as strictly interpreted, could have that effect. The group also warns that the rules set the stage for selective and perhaps discriminatory enforcement by police."

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The Reason - Electronic Voting Machines

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This destruction of the Constitution. Is 100% due to the invisible counting (or non-counting) of votes. And then the lack of the corporate mainstream media to cover this issue. It's a total media blackout. This isn't the only constitutional amendment that has gotten fucked by these oath of office breakers in charge. The president wasn't even elected by the people, it was by a fucking court! And the Courts are now owned. You want to fix this problem, you want to restore the Constitution, and get these fucking oath breakers out? Then Get rid of Electronic Voting Machines. FUck the HOLT BILL HR 811 Fuck the Feinstein Bill. YOU WANT PAPER BALLOTS HAND COUNTED PUBLIC OVERSIGHT Or I guess you want to live in a dictatorship. It sure ain't a constitutional republic anymore! My what 7 dirty fucking years can do..

Re:The terrorists have already won

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What does this have to do with terrorism? These permits have been required since long before 9-11 (this law is actually just limiting who needs them). They are not intended to prevent terrorists (not sure how you made the connection in the first place, though I am rather curious on that front) but to prevent movie studios from shutting down the city every other day while they make a movie. However the old rules were very vague, so they were forced to revisit them. Now with this new law they are much more specific (as even the NYCLU admits), but there are still one or two passages which they feel could be improved.

Though I'll tell you how terrorism has won. Now liberals like yourself and those who modded you up rush to assume every law is passed as a reaction to terrorism. Federal officers can seek FISA warrants, must be a reaction to terrorists. Movie studios need permits to film movies, must be out of paranoia of terrorists. Hot dog vendors need licenses to set up their stands, must be to stop terrorists. You have become obsessed with the subject, and you have gotten to fear that every law that gets passed is part of a grand conspiracy that assumes all Americans are terrorists.