Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"They" can't prevent photographers from photographing on public sidewalks. Mark William Rabiner > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 16:31:00 -0400 > 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