jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

If I want to fish in the local reservoir, I have to get a permit from the state and a license from NYC. If I want to hike on the City property, I can get a free permit that's good for two years. It reminds me of the old war movies, with police confronting people on the street, "Your papers!"

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

If I want to fish in the local reservoir, I have to get a license from the state and a permit from NYC. If I want to hike on City land, I have to get a free permit that's good for two years. It reminds me of old war movies, with police confronting civilians, "Your papers!"
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EDIT: Interesting. My original post didn't appear. it said the post was empty, so I rewrote it. Then both appeared. The Internet is slow today. :D

FrumCA

It's available on Amazon - Victor Davis Hanson is the author.

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

I could be wrong but think for major filming is correct also.

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

An item found in the various posting on Filming license. "Filming for personal use such as family events, weddings, graduations, parties, and other holiday activities are exempt from obtaining a film permit."

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

An item found in the various posting on Filming license. "Filming for personal use such as family events, weddings, graduations, parties, and other holiday activities are exempt from obtaining a film permit."

Dave R. Loc: PNW

May as well since a very large share of the population is Mexican. One way to deport some of the the illegal immigrants and let them remain as a family unit.

jimneotech Loc: Michigan

IF IN DOUBT AS TO WHETHER YOU NEED A PERMIT
This may not be as insane as it first appears:

If you’re taking personal photos or are a student (or group of students) and don’t believe your
activities are considered “commercial”, but you’re using commercial equipment, you’re likely to
be stopped by Park rangers, and (without a permit), may be asked to leave. Always call the Park
film coordinator in advance to let him/her know what you you’d like to do and the date and time
you’d like to be there. If approved, you will receive permission to be there (without the need of
a permit) and will be on the park’s schedule for the day.

ken hubert Loc: Missouri

You miss the point, as usual. You shouldn't have to ask the government for permission to take any photos unless you are filming a movie and closing part of the beach.

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

They have to pay for all the benefits they give to the undocumented aliens coming in somehow. They also need the extra money to shore up insurance companies that are paying out for those undocumented that got drivers licenses and refuse to buy insurance. In Tennessee you lose you license if you get caught driving without insurance.

pismojimbo Loc: Pismo Beach CA

Can we keep it to photograph and leave out the political BS!

EdU239 Loc: The Northeast

I don't know about snapshots, but the forms appear to apply to commercial filming and film school projects. Since the beaches are public recreational areas and setting up a film shoot is disruptive, it seems to me that the licensing is sensible. Plus, if it's a commercial project, then someone is presumably going to make a lot more than the licensing fee from the use of the land and it seems reasonable for the state or county to charge up front for its use. And as others have pointed it, the licensing would be unenforceable against the large numbers with cell phones and people with point and shoots.

Off topic, but the book referenced by one of the responses was identified as The Decline and Fall of California: From Decadence to Destruction, by Victor Hanson Davis. Still available from Amazon and likely to remain so as long as there's a market for it. Davis is a classical historian who has written a couple of very good books on ancient Greek warfare (I'd strongly recommend one of them, The Western War of War; the other is a re-worked PhD dissertation and it's pretty slow reading). I've also read a couple of his later books dealing with more recent periods of military history and some of his articles on current events (he write a lot). As far as I can tell, he is (or at least was) a decent scholar of ancient history, but he goes downhill after about 300 BC.

wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

the reason for this is simple, human beings ruing everything, go where they should not and kill whatever gets in their way.
i'm pleased, as an ex-Californian, that these steps are being taken. the coastline is irreplaceable, and the less people on it, the better.

Dave R. Loc: PNW

And for clarification as acting forum monitor for political discussions you must have meant photography and not photograph.

kd7eir Loc: Tucson, AZ

If you actually read the information presented at those URL's, including the FAQ it's OBVIOUS that they are talking about permits for the MOVIE INDUSTRY, not people taking pictures, or people making personal videos of their vacation.

This thread is pure FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.