Article on indiewire.com - With Deadine Looming, Proposed NYC Film Permit Rules Rile Indies

Posted July 31st, 2007 by surplus

http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2007/07/with_deadine_ap.html
by Agnes Varnum (July 30, 2007)

Filed under:1st Amendment, Press

NBC Nightly News covers Picture New York Rally

Posted July 28th, 2007 by surplus

Save film and photography in NYC! Sign the petition at http://www.picturenewyork.org, and make a YouTube video comment. Tag it “picturenewyork”.
A group of filmmakers, photographers, and others concerned about proposed rules by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Film rallied at Union Square on July 27th, 2007. The rules make it difficult for even casual filmmakers and [...]

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Picturing Protest, Artists Organize to Fight Camera Permit Proposal - The New York Times

Posted July 27th, 2007 by surplus

Gabriele Stabile for The New York Times
Beka Economopoulos wields a cardboard prop modeled on a 16-millimeter Bolex camera, which is to be used in a demonstration.

Filed under:1st Amendment, @ The Change You Want to See, Press

“Groups Protest Film Rules” - Article in Metro NY

Posted July 27th, 2007 by surplus
Filed under:1st Amendment, @ The Change You Want to See, Press

Friday: Picture New York Without Pictures of New York - a 1st Amendment Throw-Down

Posted July 23rd, 2007 by surplus

Please join the Filmmaker/Photographer contingent at this Friday’s First Amendment rally at Union Square. Recently proposed regulations seriously threaten the rights of photographers and filmmakers to operate in NYC, and they could go into effect as soon as this August. Other laws already restrict our rights to parade, dance, meet, bike, shout, and [...]

Filed under:1st Amendment, Events