NY Times article on subway ban

[owen w.]

Gee! Can't believe it isn't already posted, but today's NYTimes has

an article on the subway photography ban. This subject has been

discussed at great length in this forum. It's a bit surprising it

took so long to show up in the newspapers. The site is:

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/07/nyregion/07subway.html?8hpib=&pagewanted=all&position=

 

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Owen

[bob_mcbob]

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[__jon__]

>Owen W. , jan 07, 2005; 08:31 a.m.

 

> It's a bit surprising it took so long to show up in the newspapers

 

This isn't the first time an article about the ban has been in the NYT.

 

FYI:

 

http://www.nycsubway.org/photoban.html

http://www.straphangers.org/photoban/newsrel.htm

http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/rules/changessummary.htm

 

Please email the MTA and tell them what you think...

[olivier_reichenbach]

Banning photography in the subway is a paranoid delusion and a mad power trip. Not

entirely surprising, these days.

 

Meanwhile, the US Adminisration has apparently granted the national inquiry on 9/11

(launched one year after the tragedy) less than one tenth of the budget granted to... the

Kenneth Starr investigation on Clinton.

[vic_.]

Best subway shots seen in a long time:

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007Y1V

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<I>Subway pics</I>

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Excellent! Thanks Vic.

[derek_stanton2]

Imagine that - fabric/cushioned seating in a subway car. Wouldn't last a minute in New

York.

[alan c.]

you can comment on this proposed ban at: http://mta.info/nyct/rules/proposed.htm

 

i wrote in against this, and i encourage all photographers to do so.

[grant_.]

law or not law, nothings gonna stop me

[steve_levine]

Why would a terrorist need photos of the subways(what about sketching, is it illegal)? Why would a terrorist need to openly take these photos , since small concealable cameras are available? The whole idea of a "Photo ban" is idiotic, but then again, so are the people leading this country.

[dr._karl_hoppe]

More mindless stupidity from bureaucrats with way too much time on their hands. Terrorists up to no good can get all the pictures they want with a camera-cell phone. As if "Leica Larry" with his three camera bodies, shoulder-bag full of lenses and assorted paraphenalia, and goofy looking photo vest, poses a risk to anyone.

[OCULUS New York]

I heard the best one at our Photo Society meeting the other night. A sign outside a county or some agricultural fair said: "Warning No Digital Cameras over 5 megapixels permitted." Of course, we asked him if he got a picture of the sign, and of course, he had not.

 

I would want to meet the Sheriff who ordered it.....and take a film picture of him.

 

Cheers,

Ray Hull