Got harassed while taking pictures today

[I Love Film]

I don't worry about individual "little hitlers", I worry about a centralized, all inclusive system that licenses, encourages and protects them.

It's already here, you don't have to worry about it. The game is already lost.

 

[jpfisher]

There is always the chance that the google is wrong so I'd also contact the NJT and ask for a copy of their photography policy if you REALLY care. I could not find it on their website.

I was stopped by security at the Hoboken NJ Transit station a few years back and informed that I needed a permit to shoot--not knowing any better, I left. I contacted the NJ Transit PR office and they informed me that no permit was necessary, and sent me a letter explaining the policy on its letterhead.

It's simple enough to send the email, and if you're commuting every day on the train, a good thing to have handy to diffuse any potential situations.

Aside from that isolated incident, I've never been approached by NJ Transit personnel regarding shooting. Most days the camera is in my bag, but when I was lugging around a D4 for a couple weeks I had it out every day to and from work on the train--simply because it didn't really fit in my bag that well.

 

[Mudman]

I had a fellow get weird when he saw me in a music club with my backpack of gear. Want to know what I had in the bag. Was afraid I was there to go all kaboom on the place. Rediculous. I even had my press badge on!

 

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More authoritarian idiocy: http://www.theatlantic.com/national...ity-state-china-vs-america-department/256778/

 

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ACLU is doing good work on these issues: https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech-national-security/police-and-photography-cant-stop-signal