NPPA Advocacy Blog: Right To Take Pictures In Public

City of Ft. Lauderdale Agrees to Uphold Right to Take Pictures in Public – NPPA Advocacy Committee

The City of Ft. Lauderdale agreed on Monday not to interfere with photographers taking pictures near the set of the film “Rock of Ages.” At an emergency hearing in state court, the NPPA joined the South Florida Gay News and the Society of Professional Jou

via NPPA Advocacy Committee: http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy/2011/06/21/city-of-ft-lauderdale-agrees-to-uphold-right-to-take-pictures-in-public/

The Agreed Court Order states that the city:

“shall not prohibit or inhibit the taking of photographs at or from any public area surrounding, near or adjacent to the film set of the production of the film, “Rock of Ages. For the purposes of this order, the term “public area” shall includ any area where members of the public have a right to be, but shall not include areas that have been lawfully closed to access by members of the public.”