The Picture Police | Chicago Reader

Does Pitchfork, Lollapalooza (which has pretty much the same no detachable lens policy), or anyone else who rents out a public park for a private event have the right to limit the type of cameras people can bring in?

We’ve posed this question to Park District officials, concert promoters, and civil libertarians, and they all agree: Yes, so long as the Park District gave them that right in the lease they signed.

So the question becomes: does the Park District have the right to give Pitchfork that right? Not surprisingly, the answer here varies.