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You'll need a short tripod for Tom.

maybe use one those table top tripods....lol? those itty bitty ones.. :D 1pm hey?

ill be there if i am able to. i love pizza, one topping or so, or just cheese?

If the filmakers posted the signs, then the signs have no force of law. It might be worth checking the city ordinances for posting of signs by private citizens on public right of way (in particular, attached to signage placed by the city per city orders). Where I live, that is illegal and 'subjet' to as much as a $2000 fine PER violation! How many signs are there?

Is a 'subjet' something less that a 'superjet'

john: two that i saw myself. but it also matters i would think where the buck stops here with FLPD. they have stated the signs were for real, so it would get very interesting with this lawsuit that was filed, which i read and think is very good.
may i borrow some it so I can also file?
the answer should be good, what a bunch of jackasses!
thing is about the answer, they have like 30 days to answer, way after its all wrapped and they are all gone back to HOLLYWOOD.

if there are any other pleadings in that case, please post them.

City Ordinance 16-1 is basically meaningless. It just says you can't do that here.

[From a 2008 District Court Appeal} "The actual text of M.O. 16-1 is not especially
significant. It is sufficient to accept that it makes unlawful under city
ordinance the commission of any act within the city limits that would
constitute a felony or misdemeanor under state law or county ordinance.
The stated penalty for this violation of M.O. 16-1 is the penalty provided
by state statute for the same conduct."

Actual statute language:

Sec. 16-1. State offenses and county ordinances adopted.

(a) State felony. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit, within the corporate limits of the city, any act which is or shall be recognized by the laws of the state as a capital felony, felony of the first degree, felony of the second degree, or felony of the third degree.

(b) State misdemeanor. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit, within the corporate limits of the city, any act which is or shall be recognized by the laws of the state as a misdemeanor.

(c) County ordinance. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit, within the corporate limits of the city, any act which is or shall be recognized as a violation of any county ordinance which is effective within the city.

(d) Penalties. Any person convicted of violating this section, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld shall be punished in accordance with the penalty clause of the state statute that the person, corporation or entity was convicted of violating.

It would be interesting if one of the business owners allowed photographers into their business and to take pictures from there. I know that you should be able to take pictures from the sidewalk in a perfect world, but if the street is technically closed to all those that they don't want there through the use of a permit, then they can get you for trespassing. Once you remove trespassing, I'd like to see what they could try to throw at you.

No, its developed for under water..... A spelling mistake. Sheesh.

Cross out the S in Arrest and the B in subjet and you have french! sujet = subject/class. Arrêt = stop/shutdown.

Violators can cut classes? Awesome!

You guys should rent a helicopter, and photograph and film the whole scene. Or even better, a blimp. Hot air baloon would also fit the bill.

How much will it cost to rent a blimp and get it outfitted with the text "photography in a public space is as illegal as eating cornflakes" on the sides?

@POPO2:
thats all well and good, that would only leave to fight another day, they would still be able to tell us we cannot do something that is legal on property that we own, "public land". that is payed for by me and you, and its owned by me and you. not just any jackass that writes and passes laws! and that, i think it is worth fighting for against those that would try to take it from us in this manner.
and about what you said, i think they would tell the owner, they either shut down business or lose their business license, and as a business owner, that is an "offer you can not refuse"

Wish I lived closer so I could attend! Hope you all have some success! You may want to consider having some people to discreetly record the photogrpahers, I mean lunch, hehe, so in the event the police try something, thier actions could be recorded. Kinda the "smokin gun" to show the photographers were not trespassing, acting disorderly, obstructing justice, etc. I see several professionals are getting involved. Anyone thought about contacting the ACLU. After all it is government interferring with the people's rights. Please keep us in the loop! Getting tired of all this silliness against photographers!

Wow, people are really going to waste a day of thier life so they can try to get a picture of Tom Cruise?

i believe there is a action called quo warrento that basiclly says if the city under its corprate liscense fails to uphoald the constitutional rights of its citizens they lose their their liscense and all money goes to a court appointed overseer and the city is out of buisness. might be worth checking into a more powerful weapon to be used against these kind of abuses.

i believe it was used in michigan for Dr. kevorcian and with this lawsuit they dropped all charges and left him alone

My biggest disgruntlement is that the author of the above article did not mention Mary J Blige as an actress in the upcoming film...as previously noted in the original article http://www.pixiq.com/article/fort-lauderdale-police-rewriting-laws-to-ha...

Either way I support the efforts ;)

IN L.A. where I lived for 25 years I saw more film shoots than I care to remember but never do I recall photog'ing a shoot being made into an issue. This strikes me as largely a reflection of FTL's (and the south's) conservative conception of justice and more precisely of free speech.

I'm surprised, however, that targeting the film production company hasn't been proposed as a tactic. If they are on board with this latest assault on the 1st Amendment rights of photojournalists and Joe Citizens with cameras, they need to be made aware that boycotting the film is always an option. Most of what we call "Hollywood" is quite sensitive to bad press and moreso to bad ticket sales.