Well reading the law it looks like you can be in one place for up to 15 minutes before they can actually bust you. It also says that you can't be within 100 feet of where you began filming. If I were in NYC I would do a documentary called 101 feet. Bring a tape measure, stay in one place for about 13 minutes then walk 101 feet to the next location and film another 13 minutes, do this until it becomes completely rediculous and you have yourself not only a short film, but also a protest to the law.
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Brook Hinton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Evil. > > Government surveillance increases by the minute, but visual journalists, > artists, documentarians and citizens lose the right to document the world > they live in unless they can a) afford it and b) formalize and plan > everything (in order to apply to shoot at some specific time and place and > purchase insurance) to the point that spontaneous life cannot be recorded > researched, visually commented upon and on and on. The NYC laws on this are > ALREADY horrible - this would be a nightmare. > > To say nothing of the carte blanch police would have regarding anyone > documenting a protest, let alone an arrest during everyday life. > > So very very wrong and dangerous. > > And as for street photography, its the outlawing of Cartier-Bresson's > "decisive moment". > > > Brook > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com <<vlog links are here > > TRACE GARDEN now available in flash format on Blip! > tracegarden.blip.tv > ________________________________________________________ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
