Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Groups - Anybody who ever photographs in New York might want to consider signing this petition: > >PICTURE NEW YORK > > > >PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY - please excuse duplicate postings! > > > >Dear Artist: > > > >You can make a movie on a cell phone, but what if you want to use a > >tripod, > >or stay in the same spot for more than 30 minutes? New regulations from > >the > >Mayor's Office on Film set absurd restrictions that would require you to > >have a permit, and a million dollar insurance policy. No doubt it would be > >selectively enforced, AND who needs that kind of law on the books in the > >first place? > > > >Not you, not us, not anyone that wants to take some pictures at any random > >time they have a few hours. We bet not even the Mayor's Film Office > >actually wants to process thousands of requests from shutterbug tourists, > >wedding photographers, and school groups. > > > >Yes, the rules are written THAT broadly. > > > >That's nuts. The Daily News > ><<http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2007/07/03/2007-07-03_lights_ > camera_inaction.html>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2007/07/03/2007-07-03_lights_camera_inaction.html> > > > >and The NY Sun > <<http://www.nysun.com/article/57680>http://www.nysun.com/article/57680> > have both written > >editorials ridiculing the new regulations. You can read the eleven page > >brick of regulations here > ><<http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf> > http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf>. > > > >We need to fight back. With enough public outcry we can stop these > >regulations from becoming law. There's a recent precedent: a ban on > >photography in the subways was successfully fought off in 2004-2005. > > > >The all-too-brief period for public comment ends Aug 3. Please make your > >voice heard now: > > > >1) MAKE A VIDEO OR PHOTO PUBLIC COMMENT. > >Post your work shot in NYC or new work commenting on this issue to YouTube > >or Flickr. > > > >+ Tag the video or stills ""PictureNewYork"" and ""CameraWars"". > >+ Send the links to <mailto:jcho%40film.nyc.gov>jcho@film.nyc.gov > and to us at <mailto:info%40picturenewyork.org>info@picturenewyork.org > > > >Spoken word artist Juliana Luecking has already posted her response > ><<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCsLBts0pw8>http://www.youtube.com > /watch?v=DCsLBts0pw8> to the proposed rules. > > > >2) Click here to email comments > <<http://citizenspeak.org/node/1123>http://citizenspeak.org/node/1123> to > the > >Mayor's Film Office and the City Council committee that oversees them. > > > >3) Click here to sign our petition > ><<http://www.pictureny.org/petition/index.php>http://www.pictureny. > org/petition/index.php>. > > > > > > > >Picture New York is an ad hoc group of working artists, photographers and > >filmmakers joined together to fight these dumb rules. > > > ><http://www.picturenewyork.org>http://www.picturenewyork.org > >Picture New York. > >Picture New York WITHOUT pictures of New York. > >Picture New York without the pictures YOU make of New York! > > Tina