Re: [Leica] Use of Tripod (Was Copyright questions)

[John Hudson <xyyc@home.com>]

Herbert & Lee Kanner wrote:
> 
> Yes, I would really love to see this question taken into the courts.
> I understand restrictions on tripods where they could interfere with
> pedestrian traffic (e.g. N.Y. Times Square),  or present a nuisance
> and hazard, as in a museum.  But the notion that if you are on a
> tripod, you are a professional photographer and are going to use the
> pictures commercially should be challenged.
> 
> One friend was kicked off what appeared to her to be a public
> sidewalk by a private security guard because she was trying to
> photograph the building of Oracle, the software firm in Redwood
> Shores, CA.  Another friend told me that if they think you are a
> professional, they won't permit you to take photographs in any public
> park in San Jose, CA unless you pay something like $45 for a permit
> that is valid for only a few hours.


Under what authority does the city of San Jose attempt to restrict one's
right to take photographs in a public park? 

jh