Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here is the part of the rule that most people don't like: Film or still photography activity involving a tripod and a crew of 5 or more persons (at one site for 10 or more minutes) would require a permit, or the same activity among two people at a single site for more than 30 minutes. Don't set up that tripod until your ready to shoot and leave the entourage at home!! What does one site mean? "but I moved the tripod 20 feet officer..." "Shut-up wise ass and keep those hands where I can see them" At 04:42 PM 7/26/2007, you wrote: >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 >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049