Category: Access & Censorship
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NPPA Still Objects To MLB's Revised Credential Terms
National Press Photographers Association president Tony Overman today filed another written complaint with Major League Baseball’s commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig over MLB’s revised terms and conditions for credentials for the 2008 season, and addressed the issue of whether MLB intends to integrate into their credential agreement some of the National Football League’s credential rules…
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The Law and The Order and The Photography – Shoot The Blog
The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography I. Anyone in a public place can take pictures of anything they want. Public places include parks, sidewalks, malls, etc. Malls? Yeah. Even though it’s technically private property, being open to the public makes it public space. Check it out here.
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Illegal Signs and a Reporters Broken Camera – NYT
By DAVID W. DUNLAP I began photographing the poster operation. After about two minutes, one man asked me why I was taking pictures. “Because what you’re doing is illegal,” I replied. He answered, “Breaking cameras is illegal, too, but if you don’t stop taking pictures, I’ll break your camera.” He modified “camera” with an adjective…
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Self-Important Alabama Town To Photogs: Scram! – PDNPulse
The town of Mooresville, Ala., has done itself no favors by demanding a $500 fee from professional photographers who dare take pictures of its historic buildings. After a photographer was told to stop taking photos in a public place, he wrote a letter to the local paper, unleashing a flood of bad press. The Huntsville…
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AP CEO: Charges Still Unknown In Bilal Hussein Case
Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, the subject of secret court proceedings in Iraq, still has not been told the charges against him, AP president and CEO Tom Curley said Tuesday. Hussein has been held by the U.S. military for nearly two years as a security detainee, informally accused of working in collusion with insurgents. At…
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You Can't Picture This – photographs on the brain
Thanks to Dan J for the tip. You Cant Picture This // Current Check it out here.
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Photo Attorney: 10 Important Legal Issues for Photographers
When photography is your business, you need to know more than about shutter speed or aperture. Consider this quick checklist of 10 important legal issues before you next click your shutter. Check it out here.
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Police: Family attacks TV news crew, yells racial slurs – CNN.com
Three people upset that a news crew was reporting on the arrest of a relative attacked the television reporter and yelled racial slurs at her and a photographer, authorities said Tuesday. The family members, all white, began yelling and charged at black WSPA-TV reporter Charmayne Brown while she was standing in the street near the…
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PDN – Baseball Backs Down From Photo Gallery Ban
Talks between news agencies and Major League Baseball appear to be moving toward a compromise about new credentialing guidelines, according to people on both sides of negotiations. MLB has backed down from a ban on all online galleries of baseball game photos. Under a proposed revision to the rules, news agencies that regularly cover a…
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Question Authority and Why It's Time to Fight Security Superstition
I have a confession to make. When I’m on an airplane, and the flight attendant tells everyone to turn off their cell phones and personal electronics, I never turn my iPhone off. I just leave it on. I’m not sure why I don’t turn it off. Probably because I’ve never seen any compelling evidence on…
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Illinois Senate Panel Backs Bill Banning Photo Restrictions
An Illinois Senate panel voted this week to back a bill that bans restrictions on news photographers at high school tournaments. The Senate Education Committee voted 8-1 in favor of a bill to ban the Illinois High School Association from putting restrictions on the resale of news pictures taken at the state’s 35 high school…
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Remixing the London police's anti-photographer terrror posters – Boing Boing
Responding to the London Metropolitan Police’s new anti-photographer snitch campaign, wherein posters urge Londoners to turn in people who might be taking pictures of CCTV cameras, many people have taken a crack at redesigning the posters to point out the absurdity of them. Check it out here.
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Anti-terror police defend campaign targeting suspicious behaviour of people with cameras news – Amateur Photographer UK
Police deny that their latest anti-terror campaign will encourage harassment of photographers taking pictures in public places. Last week police chiefs issued fresh warnings over the potential dangers posed by people carrying cameras for surveillance purposes. The news comes amid growing reports of clashes between police officers and photographers taking pictures in public places in…
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Credential Dispute Sparks Editors Meeting With MLB
A group of top news and sports editors is planning to meet with Major League Baseball this week to discuss a string of new restrictions on media credentials that editors contend are an unfair limitation on Web-related reporting. The new restrictions, which take effect later this month when the 2008 season begins, include: a 72-hour…
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Editorial Photographers UK | Birmingham police officer 'forced press photographer to delete images'
Lawrence Looi, 31, who has been a staff photographer with news agency News Team for the last three years, had been sent to cover a protest on public roads outside the International Conference Centre on Thursday morning when he was approached by a police constable who objected to having been photographed. According to the written…
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Media and Major League Baseball in New Photo Dispute
Outlets including The Associated Press and Sports Illustrated, and groups including the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), are asking MLB to change the credentialing terms for the upcoming baseball season. This is the latest in a series of disputes between the press and sports leagues, which are increasingly…
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NPPA Objects To Major League Baseball's Credential Terms
The National Press Photographers Association today delivered a letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig objecting to new restrictions that are in the 2008 credential application photographers and news organizations must submit in order to cover MLB games, workouts, activities, and events. “The historic and statistical nature of baseball requires that its…
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Unfair Park – Waiting for Bill
Here’s a tip to other journalists covering the Clinton campaign from here on out: Do not identify yourself as a journalist. Simple as that. Hide your credentials; do not whip out your notepad; put your camera in your pocket; do not sign the media sign-in sheet. Because that way, the Clintonistas will not be able…
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Illinois Photographers Can Shoot Championships Without Signing Waivers
A representative of the Illinois Press Association today told IPA members that the Illinois High School Association will allow photographers with valid press credentials to have access to the floor at the girls state basketball finals in Bloomington this weekend without being required to sign IHSA’s waivers or releases. Check it out here.
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Editorial Photographers UK | Injured photographer wins settlement, costs and apology from Met Police
London-based photojournalist Marc Vallée originally brought a private civil action for up to £15,000 against both the police force and its commissioner Sir Ian Blair alleging assault and breaches of the Human Rights Act. Under the terms of the settlement the Metropolitan Police have not accepted any liability. Vallée, 39, was hospitalised and left unable…