Category: Access & Censorship
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Photographer receives apology after armed guards harass him for taking photos | Photography is Not a Crime
Maven Coalition of Mavens – Find your maven via Maven: http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/05/san-diego-photographer-receives-apology-after-armed-guards-harass-him-for-taking-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotographyIsNotACrime+%28Photography+is+Not+a+Crime%29 Rob Hurlbut was standing on the platform of the San Diego Trolley when he saw a group of armed security guards tackle a man for smoking a cigarette. He began shooting video with his digital SLR, prompting a female guard to tell him he…
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Photography Is Not A Crime
Maven Coalition of Mavens – Find your maven via Maven: http://carlosmiller.com/ I started this blog to document my trial, but as it languished, I began documenting First Amendment violations against other photographers throughout the country, which occur on a shockingly regular basis.
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Obama Speaks Transparency, Practices Subterfuge | Threat Level | Wired.com
Obama Speaks Transparency, Practices Subterfuge From healthcare to public debt, pundits are attacking President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address from almost every conceivable angle. When it comes to Obama transparency, Electronic Frontier Foundation privacy attorney Kurt Opsahl points ou via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/obama-speaks-transparency-subterfuge/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Blog+-+27B+Stroke+6+%28Threat+Level%29%29 When it comes to Obama transparency, Electronic Frontier Foundation privacy…
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The Online Photographer: The Plight of Umida Akhmedova
The Plight of Umida Akhmedova Photo by Umida Akhmedova Uzbek photographer Umida Akhmedova is awaiting trial and is facing a potential sentence of six months in prison or three years forced labor. At issue is a 2007 work called Men and Women from Dawn to… via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/01/umida-akhmedova.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29 Uzbek photographer Umida Akhmedova is…
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In pictures: Photographers turn out in force to fight anti terror law abuse (update 6.15pm) news – Amateur Photographer – news, camera reviews, lens reviews, camera equipment guides, photography courses, competitions, photography forums
The ‘mass photo gathering’, which starting at noon, was organised by ‘I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist’, a group set up by professional photographers last year, in support of campaigns run by other photographic bodies including Amateur Photographer (AP) magazine and the British Journal of Photography. Link: In pictures: Photographers turn out in force to…
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BBC News – Photographers protest over UK terror search laws
“It’s quite obvious that professional photographers across the country are being searched because they are photographers not because they are suspicious. “It’s a common law right to take pictures in public places and we are here to show that.” Link: BBC News – Photographers protest over UK terror search laws
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Photographers protest against police stop and search guardian.co.uk
Photographers protest against police stop and search More than 2,000 photographers demonstrate against police using terrorism laws to prevent photography in public places via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/23/photographers-protest-stop-search-terrorism-police More than 2,000 photographers demonstrate against police using terrorism laws to prevent photography in public places
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Why BJP is supporting tomorrow's Mass Gathering of photographers…
As more than 1500 photographers are expected to gather in Trafalgar Square tomorrow, I thought it would be interesting to contact a few of the authorities that are responsible for policing the square. First up was the Squares Management team at the Greater London Authority. It manages both Trafalgar Square and also Parliament Square. After…
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Foreign journalists in China say e-mail inboxes were hacked – washingtonpost.com
Foreign journalists in China say e-mail inboxes were hacked Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/18/AR2010011803488.html?wprss=rss_world
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Italy proposes mandatory licenses for people who upload video Boing Boing
Italy proposes mandatory licenses for people who upload video Italy’s Berlusconi regime, already known around the world as an enemy of free speech and popular access to the tools of communication, has now floated a proposal to require Italians to get an… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/16/italy-proposes-manda.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 floated a proposal to require Italians to get an…
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Boston cops: citizen recording of abusive busts is "illegal wiretapping" Boing Boing
Boston cops: citizen recording of abusive busts is “illegal wiretapping” Boston cops are using the Massachusetts electronic surveillance laws to arrest and prosecute citizens who use their cellular phones to record abusive arrests. Though they haven’t been success… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/14/boston-cops-citizen.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 “One of the officers asked me whether my phone had audio recording capabilities,”…
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Nygard Sues Over Unwanted Media Coverage – NYTimes.com
Nygard Store Tries to Impose a Press Curb Nygard, a sportswear line based in Canada, is suing for copyright infringement after an uninvited reporter covered its grand opening in Manhattan. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/business/media/11nygard.html?partner=rss&emc=rss In its complaint filed in a United States District Court, Nygard said that it had invited only a few members of the media…
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Protecting the media from the police | Henry Porter
Protecting the media from the police | Henry Porter Henry Porter: The inept policing of public space is preventing reporters and photographers from going about their lawful business via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2010/jan/07/police-photography-public-space Over 300 of Britain’s best-known photographers have signed a letter to protest against the use of terror laws to stop and search by…
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PDNPulse: Money Talks: Getty Salutes NBA Order to Take Down Photo
The reason was because the image showed Arenas at a game, pretending to shoot some teammates. They were laughing. But now that Arenas has been suspended indefinitely for allegedly pulling out a real gun during a locker room dispute, the image presents a publicity problem for the NBA. Link: PDNPulse: Money Talks: Getty Salutes NBA…
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Police/companies cannot confiscate cameras for “homeland security” issues | dvafoto
Great to see a newspaper fighting for its rights, especially when so many news organizations are just fighting for their survival. John Tully, a photographer for the Midland Daily News in Midland, Michigan, USA, was standing on a public roadway while covering a breaking fire at a Dow Corning (wiki) plant when he was approached first…
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Report: China sentences Tibetan filmmaker to 6 years for documentary on Tibetan refugees – Boing Boing
Report: China sentences Tibetan filmmaker to 6 years for documentary on Tibetan refugees Reports are circulating today that Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen has been sentenced to six years in prison by the Chinese government for having produced “Leaving Fear Behind,” a fi… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/06/report-china-sentenc.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Reports are circulating today that Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen…
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Washington DC’s Capitol Visitor Center and Their Crappy “No Photography” Policy | Thomas Hawk
I was disappointed to see a post from my friend Andertho on Flickr this morning regarding a photography ban that is in place at the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Vistor Center in Washington DC. Of all places that ought to allow photography, Government (remember that old “by the people, for the people thingy?) ought…
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Britain's police "descending into obvious madness." Boing Boing
Britain’s police “descending into obvious madness.” On Christmas Day, police in the U.K. rounded up tourists taking photos of the royal family at Sandringham church and confiscated their cameras. At The Independent, Dominic Lawson’s dismay sub… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/05/britains-police-desc.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 On Christmas Day, police in the U.K. rounded up tourists taking photos of the royal…
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Iran sentences reporter Zeidabadi – washingtonpost.com
Iran sentences reporter Zeidabadi Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/03/AR2010010301960.html?wprss=rss_world
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Police Quash Fan Photos of Royals « Discarted
Police Quash Fan Photos of Royals We posted earlier in the month on how England’s Royal Family is trying to prohibit photographs taken of them on their estates. The problem in recent months has been that the Royals felt their… Link: http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/police-quash-fan-photos-of-royals/ fans’ cameras were seized by police as the Queen Elizabeth and other family members made their way to church…