----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC
> This suggested legislation is in response to pros shooting ads and > editorial without permits. It happens a lot in New York and sometimes > causes problems with traffic and/or crowds. I doubt that a wandering group > of PDMLers would experience any problems. That might depend on if some security goon (as an example) decided that he didn't want to be photographed, or didn't want his building to be photographed. If this is enacted, he would have a real, bonafide law at his disposal to harass photographers with. Any time you allow a law to be put in place that has the potential to restrict someone's freedom, someone else will abuse said law to the detriment of someone else's freedom, if for no other reason than because he can. If the law was intended to restrict the actions of professional photographers/videographers who cause traffic problems, the legislation would be specifically targetting them in it's wording. This is another example of the creeping horseshit that is permeating society, and another small freedom falling unnoticed by the wayside. Soon, we won't have any small freedoms left. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
