An officer told the photographer, Phil Datz, to “go away,” after which he moved down the street and resumed taping.
Category: Access & Censorship
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News photographer arrested on Long Island for videotaping police
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Mexico: another journalist killed
Mexico: another journalist killed
Today, another reporter was murdered in Mexico: Yolanda Ordaz, a crime reporter who was investigating the murder of her boss at Notiver, the daily newspaper where she worked. Her body “was fo…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/07/26/mexico-mapping-attacks-on-journalists.html
Today, another reporter was murdered in Mexico: Yolanda Ordaz, a crime reporter who was investigating the murder of her boss
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New Federal Cameras In Court Pilot Study Begins
New Federal Cameras in Court Pilot Study Commences – NPPA Advocacy Committee
On July 18, 2011 the Judicial Conference of the United States began a three-year pilot project to evaluate the effect of cameras in federal district court courtrooms. Fourteen (14) federal trial courts are taking part in the federal Judiciary’s digital
via NPPA Advocacy Committee: http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy/2011/07/27/new-federal-cameras-in-court-pilot-study-commences/
On July 18, 2011 the Judicial Conference of the United States began a three-year pilot project to evaluate the effect of cameras in federal district court courtrooms. Fourteen (14) federal trial courts are taking part in the federal Judiciary’s digital video pilot.
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Georgia Frees 4 Photographers Held as Spies for Russia
Georgia Frees 4 Photographers Held as Spies for Russia
A plea bargain agreement ends a case that had drawn angry criticism from journalists and others.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/world/europe/23georgia.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
The group made no comment as they left the court on Friday. They included Irakli Gedenidze, Mr. Saakashvili’s photographer; his wife, Natia; Zurab Kurtsikidze of the European Pressphoto Agency; and Giorgi Abdaladze, who works on contract with Georgia’s Foreign Ministry.
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Wanting in on Obama Flickr moments
Wanting in on Obama Flickr moments
The Obama White House is the first to use the online photo site to distribute official pictures.
via POLITICO: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59510.html
The Obama White House is the first to use the popular online photo site to distribute official pictures. Many are stirring, behind-the-scenes images that show the president and others in spontaneous, unguarded moments.
But the administration’s use of Flickr has sparked tension between the White House and news photographers who say the press office uses its Flickr page too often to control images and circumvent news coverage.
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NPPA Complains About NYC Police Press Incidents
Another man with a video camera captured a clip of Maurent with handcuffs. Felix Maurent can be heard complaining of an unlawful arrest with a camera and NPPA press badge around his neck.
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A Western Photographer in Hama, Syria
A Western Photographer in Hama, Syria
Moises Saman says that his trip into Syria with Anthony Shadid was one of the more memorable he’s taken.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/a-western-photographer-in-hama-syria/
Moises Saman says that his trip into Syria with Anthony Shadid was one of the craziest things he’s done.
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Detained Georgian Photographers ‘Confess’ to Spying for Russia
Detained Georgian Photographers ‘Confess’ to Spying for Russia | PDNPulse
The three Georgian photojournalists who were arrested in their homes on July 7, 2011, and accused of spying for Russia have “confessed,” according to an AFP report. On Monday Georgian authorities confirmed that Zurab Kurtsikidze, a European Pressphoto Age
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/07/detained-georgian-photographers-confess-to-spying-for-russia.html
The photographers could face up to 12 years in prison if they are convicted.
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Photography and freedom of expression. It’s not just the police that restrict it.
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via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2011/07/photography-and-freedom-of-expression-it’s-not-just-the-police-that-restrict-it/
Following on from the irate gallery attendant who stopped me taking a photo in what I felt was a public space (see here), I would say that although many complaints photographers make against restrictions to freedom of expression involve the police, far less reported are incidences with security guards, public-space personnel (museums, galleries, swimming pools) and shop attendants. What it reveals is a wide mistrust of photographers. If you’re photographing, you’re seen as someone sinister, which is a view that the world is a dark and nasty place, where photographers are immediately suspicious.
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Laptop Border Search Lawsuit Court Arguments Today
In federal court today the American Civil Liberties Union will argue a case challenging the U.S. government’s policy of searching travelers’ laptops and other electronic devices at border checks without reasonable suspicion. Government documents show that thousands of American citizens are affected by these policies when they return from trips abroad
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Georgian Photographers Arrested on Suspicion of Espionage
Georgian Photographers Arrested on Suspicion of Espionage | PDNPulse
Police in Georgia arrested four photographers, including the personal photographer of Georgia’s president and a photojournalist with European Pressphoto Agency, during an early morning raid today, according to a statement from the Georgia Interior Ministr
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/07/georgian-photographers-arrested-on-suspicion-of-espionage.html
The BBC reports that the ministry has accused the photographers of working against the interests of Georgia by supplying the special service of an unnamed country with information.
The four photographers are Irakli Gedenidze, photographer to President Mikheil Saakashvili; Georgian foreign ministry photographer Georgy Abdaladze; and Zurab Kurtsikidze of EPA.
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Iranian Photojournalist Who Advocates For Women’s Rights Imprisoned
Iranian Photojournalist Who Advocates For Women’s Rights Imprisoned | PDNPulse
Press photographer Maryam Majd has been detained in Iran’s Evin Prison, says a group of 32 Iranian photographers who have written and signed a petition demanding her release. The petition says that, “Although the arrest of Maryam Majd has not been confirm
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/07/iranian-photojournalist-who-advocates-for-womens-rights-imprisoned.html
Press photographer Maryam Majd has been detained in Iran’s Evin Prison, says a group of 32 Iranian photographers who have written and signed a petition demanding her release.
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Tips For Talking To Police Searching Your Computer or Phone
Tips For Talking To Police Searching Your Computer or Phone
Electronic Frontier Foundation has created a tip sheet for talking to the police when they are searching your computer or phone as part of their Know Your
via Laughing Squid: http://laughingsquid.com/tips-for-talking-to-police-searching-your-computer-or-phone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+laughingsquid
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TSA Sends Letter Assuring Photographers' Rights
In response to concerns expressed by the NPPA the TSA has sent a letter regarding photography, videotaping and filming at airport security passenger screening checkpoints
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Two French Journalists Freed In Afghanistan
2 French Journalists Freed by Afghan Militants
The television journalists had been held hostage in Afghanistan for 18 months. News of their release Wednesday was the first public sign of them since a November 2010 video.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/world/europe/30iht-hostages30.html?_r=1
France 3 television said the reporters, Stéphane Taponier and Hervé Ghesquière, had been freed along with their interpreter, Reza Din.
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Judge Orders Ft. Lauderdale to Allow Photos Near Movie Set
Judge Orders Ft. Lauderdale to Allow Photos Near Movie Set | PDNPulse
A Florida state court judge has ordered the city of Ft. Lauderdale to quit barring photography in public places around a Hollywood film set. The emergency order, issued on Tuesday, was in response to a lawsuit filed last week by the Society of Professiona
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/06/judge-orders-ft-lauderdale-to-allow-photos-near-movie-set.html
They sued the city because Ft. Lauderdale police, who were reportedly moonlighting as security guards for the production of the film “Rock of Ages,” starring Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin, were preventing photographers and citizens from taking pictures of the set from public sidewalks and streets nearby
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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.”
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Connecticut Judges Vote To Allow Cameras In Courts
Journalists said that Monday’s decision would help the public gain a better understanding of how the state’s judicial system works.
“I applaud the judiciary on a step forward in courtroom transparency, in public understanding of the judicial process and in confidence in the courts,” said G. Claude Albert, co-chairman of the Connecticut Judicial-Media Committee and a former editor at The Courant.
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A*HOLE OF THE WEEK – APPLE
When I have to start worrying about when and where I can use my device based not on the law or the content owner (whole other issue), but on a third party manufacturer’s initiative, then I have a problem. I have a problem because we’ve gone to a whole new level of this post 9/11, quasi Orwellian society that’s being built around us
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The Navigator: Don’t shoot? But it’s a public space. – The Washington Post
The Navigator: Don’t shoot? But it’s a public space.
The Navigator examines the risks of taking photos in public places while traveling.
via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-navigator-dont-shoot-but-its-a-public-space/2011/06/13/AGbD5GWH_story.html
“I used to deal with one of these a month,” says Mickey Osterreicher, the general counsel of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). “Then it was weekly. Now it’s almost every day. Citizens are being told that they can’t take pictures out in public — whether it’s a building, a bridge or a train.”