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National Park Service - Film Permits |

A Commercial Film Permit is not required for personal use photography.

If the photography is displayed in the home or shown to friends and family, and is not planned on being displayed for any other purpose, it is classified as personal use.

All other types of photography require a Commercial Film Permit and for purposes of permits will be known as commercial photography. Depending upon the nature and use of filming, a non-refundable Film Permit Fee (25.00) may be applied.

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Picture New York |
Basically, this [proposed NY City film permit ordinance] opens the door to unlimited police interactions with photographers and filmmakers, because under these proposed rules, if they were passed, basically everyone with a camera, including everyone with a cell phone, would be someone who might have to have a permit to do photography... with all the people out there with cameras, most people are going to be left alone. This is going to give the police license to stop people they want to stop for whatever reason they want. And you can imagine who the likely targets are of that sort of enforcement... People with dark skin, people who look suspicious in the eyes of the police... It's going to be the people who tend to be harassed by the police in other contexts. -- Christopher Dunn

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JOHN LONGENECKER

Picture America
A Coalition of Concerned Citizens, Filmmakers and Photographers
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