By John Vibes “It’s pretty clearly unconstitutional, they would have to show an important need to justify these limits, and they just can’t.”
The U.S. Forest Service has put forward a ridiculous new set of rules which includes a mandatory permit for taking pictures of federally owned park land for commercial or professional purposes. The permit would cost roughly $1,500 and photographers who are caught taking pictures without a permit will be fined up to $1,000.
Liz Close, a spokesperson for the Forest Service, says that the laws are intended to “preserve the untamed character of the country’s wilderness”, whatever that means. …read more
Source:: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/agency-impose-1000-fine-unlicensed-photos-nature/