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Posted by BMTLines on Tue Jun 3 19:31:10 2008, in response to Re: Union Station Photo Rights Issue Gets POLITICAL, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 3 16:21:14 2008. The problem is nationwide and it cuts across political lines. The State of Tennessee has virtually declared that all photographers should be reported to the FBI:"You may think a guy is just shooting pictures, but if you report it to us, we'll send it on to the FBI and they may have four or five other reports of the same thing," said Richard Pillsbury with the Tennessee Fusion Center, a collaboration between the Department of Safety and the Department of Homeland Security. Hardly a hotbed of liberalism I would say.... After a photographer was harassed in Indianapolis the Mayor there declared that photographers and tourists should "confine themselves to tourist sites". I can go on and on with examples from all over the country - conservative and liberal jurisdictions alike - it's all the same. As to why the liberals are fighting this - well for one thing most artists tend to be liberal. Keep in mind that it isn't the average railfan escalating this issue to the political front. Pro and semi-pro photographers and artists have been hit hard and they are fighting mad - and yes most of them tend to be liberal and have liberal connections. The person who is spearheading the DC group is a former congressional staffer who still has connections. The LA group was not very successful in getting attention because they don't have the same connections - although that may change since there was another major incident on the Metro after the protest. Personally I don't care who leads the fight - I can argue ideology with them later - for now we need to unite behind what we all want which is the freedom to practice our hobby without harassment or fear thereof. |
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