> > From: "Larry Levy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/05/01 Mon PM 08:21:31 GMT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Paying to shoot in US National Parks > > It's only a matter of time. In the UK, the national organisation that > looks after much of the building heritage has banned indoor photography for > the last decade or so. Partly for "security" and partly to make you buy the > guidebooks and postcards. The same will happen in National Parks, although > it will be more difficult to enforce. It's their land so they make the > rules. > > > No. Actually the National Park land belongs to the people. The government > administers it. They can set up rules that the park rangers will find it > "impossible" to enforce, and the rangers simply won't enforce them. > > Usually, there are license fees for using the land for commercial ventures > (e.g., a commercial film) and no fees for private use. > > If we accept that it is OK to charge to take photographs in "public places," > by extension, we will have to pay for the right to take pictures anywhere. > Examples include: from a roadway, on a street, at a harbor, etc. Somehow, I > don't think this will happen. > > Larry in Dallas
I hope it won't; but, given many governments' fascist tendencies, I won't bet against an attempt by them. m ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
