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[feppe]

Wow, I guess it was a good time to take that 300+ megapixel panorama of Manhattan when I was there last fall... I spent about 2 hours with a tripod in one location, which would've really put me over the limit. And to think the string of photos they could've confiscated from my memory cards, spanning Central Park and Grand Central Station through Wall Street and Brooklyn Bridge.

In a mostly unrelated note, I had the opportunity to talk to some guys from NYFD - it was a really nice opportunity to talk to some real world heroes in these days when Paris Hilton and her ilk occupy the headlines.

[pixjohn]

The law would not apply for 1 person. Did you even read the law?

Wow, I guess it was a good time to take that 300+ megapixel panorama of Manhattan when I was there last fall... I spent about 2 hours with a tripod in one location, which would've really put me over the limit. And to think the string of photos they could've confiscated from my memory cards, spanning Central Park and Grand Central Station through Wall Street and Brooklyn Bridge.

In a mostly unrelated note, I had the opportunity to talk to some guys from NYFD - it was a really nice opportunity to talk to some real world heroes in these days when Paris Hilton and her ilk occupy the headlines.
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[bktouchstone]

New York used to be the Empire State.  Now it is the Quagmire State.  A rule and a regulation for everything...single...thing.

If this is passed, my reasons for going to New York City will have gone to absolutely zero.

[phildog33]

I have just come back from a night shoot on the alley streets beneath Canal Street. We photographed for ~4 hours with a crew of 6 and the band we were shooting. We had all the C stands, laptops, lighting and rig we needed and ran into no problems at all.

People came to watch and enjoy it, and the tenants in all parts of the surrounding buildings were very nice and non-chalant about the whole thing.

We were very kind and respectable to everyone and everyone had professional liability insurance.

I have not read the new law code specifically, and was warned that something bad could happen, but everything was fine tonight. All good here

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[feppe]

The law would not apply for 1 person. Did you even read the law?
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Why do you ask questions you know the answer to? I have near-zero interest in laws that don't apply to me.

[NBP]

One of the problems that this would pose for some of us from abroad is the insurance thing.
My professional insurance, which is worldwide with up to £5 million liability, has now taken the US off it's cover. Period.
Whilst I would always seek correct insurance for a pro shoot, I'll be damned if i'm phoning up and paying a premium everytime I nip out with my camera to do some personal work. It's just not practical for starters.
The insane US obsession with compensation culture has a lot to answer for IMO (it's also starting to get bad in the UK as well.)

[TimothyHyde]

I think some people have their head in the sand here.  The precise wording of the new rules are not as important as the fact there are new rules to arbitrarily enforce and cite and misinterpret.  I was in new york last week shooting with one Hassey and one tripod, by myself,  and was kicked out of the Path platform at Ground Zero ("tripods not allowed") Bryant Park ("need permission from Bryant Park Association") and, of all places, Battery Park ("move along, you are disrupting traffic."  I wasn't,  and when I protested: "get permission from the Battery Park Police Headquarters").   I'm not picking on New York--it's worse in DC where I live--but the fact is that police and security guards are able to force you out by citing these rules and regs, real or not, and one is powerless to resist unless you want to make a principled stand from jail.

[X-Re]

Yet another reason not to visit that.... (to be polite) place....