L.A. City Council to ban photography

Probably not surprising, since the city typically kowtows to the "Industry." It'd be interesting to see the details in the City Attorney's draft; e.g., the 20 feet zone needs to be clearly defined -- does that include city streets? What if someone stands just beyond the zone with a 600m lens?

Also, its primary impact seems to be to those who expect to make money from such photos; would that include someone who just snaps a photo, then uses a derivative of that photo for other artwork, or even hanging such a photo in a gallery?

There are still open questions, so I think I'll reserve ***my*** judgement whan I see the City Attorney's draft.

Cheers.

Keith
 
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I heard that they are going to paint 20 foot “no photo” zone lines on the ground.
They are now debating whether the lines should be mononchrome or colour :p
Sales of telephoto lenses are expected to rise.
:bang: oh that makes it so much better
 
I'm a bit peeved that they didn't include restaurants in the list of prohibited photo zones. Ever try eating at Mr. Chau's? One must crawl over the papparazzi to get in and out. It makes eating wildly over-priced Chinese food much less fun.
 
Well, that's probably not too far off. Disneyland bans lenses over 6 inches in length and cameras that they think look "professional".
 
Pablito said:
It all depends on how you measure, how you define "entrance". Nothing is simple.
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I agree that not too many things are simple but, ummm, how many ways can a person measure 20 feet? Or are you suggesting that they'll need to specify a shoe size?
 
Hey... I have an idea. Maybe we should start a petition campain. Let's all ask Dennis Zine, the LA City Councilman proposing this restriction of our civil liverties (SuperZine to his friends) to include an exemption for any photogapher using a rangefinder camera!
 
This ban is mainly aimed at paparazzi not your average street shooter...and even if it is aimed only at them let the City Council try and enforce this law...Federal Law will supersede anything they can come up with...and this does go against the First Amendment.
The first time it goes to court the photographer (with the right lawyer) will win...
 
Oh, they are doing this to protect celebreties? Funny, when I read "within 20 feet of hospital and school entrances" I imagined they were doing it to protect the privacy of patients and children; perhaps even to safeguard the children from harm. Silly me.
 
nikon_sam said:
This ban is mainly aimed at paparazzi not your average street shooter...and even if it is aimed only at them let the City Council try and enforce this law...Federal Law will supersede anything they can come up with...and this does go against the First Amendment.
The first time it goes to court the photographer (with the right lawyer) will win...
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Yes, you're likely to be speaking the truth! What is especially funny is the thought that most hospital and school entrances (depending, of course on how one defines "entrance") is on private property. So now the city is acting like they are in control of private property??? Zine is a well-intentioned guy but I think he's been standing out in the sun too long without a hat!
 
Rob-F said:
Oh, they are doing this to protect celebreties?
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Actually (and I'm being serious for a moment), the goal is largely to reduce the cost of policing. The paparazzi are blamed (mostly by Zine) for costing the city a lot of money because large numbers of cops are pulled off of the streets to keep them under control.
 
A "20' buffer zone" would do nothing to protect the so-called "victim"...all it would do is allow the paparazzi to get a better shot since there would be no crowd around their subject...
My fun thought is this...totally stop taking pictures of these so-called celebrities and see how long it takes for them to complain that their pictures aren't on the covers of the latest and greatest rags...
 
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