You and Your Camera as One – In Your Heart and In the Eyes of the Law
As assaults on photographers by citizens and the police have steadily increased in the past couple of years, it is important that you as a photographer know what your rights are if you are involved in...
View ArticleCovering the Conventions and Protests
© 2012 Photo by Mickey Osterreicher *** UPDATE 09-05-12 *** Things to know while covering the DNC in Charlotte today DNC on Wednesday:...
View ArticleNYPD Return Seized Camera Equipment of N.Y. Times Photographer
The New York Police Department (NYPD) on Friday returned the camera equipment of a New York Times photographer who had his equipment seized following his arrest on August 4th. Robert Stolarik, who was...
View ArticleNYPD Returns NY Times Photographer’s Press Credentials
Today (8/23/12) the New York Police Department (NYPD) returned the press credentials of a New York Times photographer who had his equipment and credentials seized following his arrest on August 4th....
View ArticleGeneral Counsel for NPPA Weighs In On Media Issues Surrounding Party National...
Mickey H. Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), offered his legal expertise in a webinar Thursday night in which panelists discussed media issues...
View ArticleNPPA General Counsel Helps Keep RNC Journalist-Friendly
Despite fears from some in the media that law enforcement at the Republican National Convention (RNC) would take a combative approach against protestors and journalists, the first three days of the...
View ArticleNPPA Responds to LAPD “Special Order” that equates photography with criminal...
Once again, a law enforcement agency has instructed its officers to equate photography with terrorism, and the NPPA has responded. The NPPA was joined by a coalition of other media and photography...
View ArticleNPPA Along With 13 Media Groups Sends Letter to NYPD Regarding Police-Press...
The National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) along with 13 other media organizations sent a letter to the New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today requesting...
View ArticleCharges Against 2 Student Journalists Dropped in Atlanta
Charges against two student journalists arrested while covering the Occupy Atlanta protests last year have finally been dropped. College journalists Alisen Redmond of The Sentinel at Kennesaw State...
View ArticleNPPA Joins Lawsuit Against NYPD
Today the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) announced that it was joining 5 elected officials and almost a dozen members of the press in a lawsuit against the New York Police Department...
View ArticleNPPA/WHNPA Issue Joint Statement Protesting Use of Manipulated Image
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) joined with the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA) in a statement protesting the manipulation of an official photograph made...
View ArticleNPPA Sends Letter Opposing Proposed Anti-Paparazzi Statutes in California
*** UPDATE *** In the wake of opposition from NPPA and other groups the CA Assembly Judiciary Committee made both AB-1256 and AB-1356 “2 year bills.” A 2 year bill is one which will not move out of...
View ArticleNPPA & Other Groups Respond to Yahoo! CEO’s Comments on Professional...
Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer is attempting to deflect criticism arising from comments last week questioning the need for professional photographers. Mayer, who was speaking at a press event for the photo...
View ArticleTurkey’s “Lady in Red” and the Importance of Professional Photographers
Our words often fail us in situations involving the best and worst of the world. Sometimes, all we can say is “You have to see it to believe it.” The photograph allows us to travel to these places,...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rejects Case Advocating Extension of Press Access to Polls
The Supreme Court has refused to hear a Pennsylvania newspaper’s challenge of a state law that denies journalists access to polling places on Election Day. The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...
View ArticleCalifornia Parks Department Responds to Incident with Film Crew
A month after being notified the California Department of Parks and Recreation has responded to a letter sent by NPPA general counsel Mickey Osterreicher regarding an incident during which parks...
View ArticleSenate to Consider Bill Favoring Cameras in U.S. Supreme Court
Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced legislation Thursday that would require the Supreme Court to televise proceedings, just days before the high court is expected to...
View ArticleNPPA Responds to Arrest of Detroit Free Press Photographer
NPPA General Counsel Mickey Osterreicher says Detroit Police may have violated a local news photographer’s rights when they arrested her after she attempted to film officers on a public street. In a...
View ArticleFallout from Asiana Air Prank Provides Lesson on DMCA Takedown Notices
Fallout from a prank associated with the tragic Asiana airlines crash is teaching a valuable lesson about copyright law and the fair use defense. When a transpacific flight crash-landed at San...
View ArticleCalifornia Anti-Paparazzi Law Would Threaten First Amendment Rights
Earlier this summer the California legislature proposed a new “anti-paparazzi” bill, which NPPA opposes. More recently, Actresses Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner testified before the California State...
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