Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, If you and your spouse would make a few simple changes in your wardrobe, I think you may be welcomed with open arms and offered a brew and a chew, even if you have a camera. Just a thought. Ken http://dnatureofdtrain.fuzzyworld3.com/stuff3/e023/a.html > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:31 PM > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Cameras Banned > > LUG: > > The big Speed Street festival celebrating everything NASCAR is in > Charlotte this weekend. They have closed about 12 block of downtown > to traffic for the festival. I wouldn't go if you paid me; however, > I am really disturbed by one of the rules. No cameras, still or > video are allowed. How can they legally prohibit cameras on public > streets? I've proposed to Charlotte photographers that we boycott > Food Lion (the sponsor) and let them know why. > > In a related incident, security guards at the Johnson and Wales > campus in downtown Charlotte prohibited a photographer from taking > photos of the campus buildings even though she was standing on a > public sidewalk. The APA in Charlotte is arranging a protest with > crowds of photographers coming to photograph Johnson and Wales (after > contacting television and newspapers) > > All of this eroding of our rights has got to stop!! > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information