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Try and stop him: Videographer Flux Rostrum is among the independent journalists that New York City officials want to bar from 9/11 protests this year. Photo: Mark Baard

Virtually unenforceable, bans on video- and filmmakers do have a chilling effect. But the message from city hall this year is, “if you are an independent journalist, don’t come to New York on 9/11/07.” Some 9/11 truthers are counting on tens of thousands to protest with their already ubiquitous mobile phone cameras and camcorders.

clipped from www.nytimes.com June 29, 2007 City May Seek Permit and Insurance for Many Kinds of Public Photography Some tourists, amateur photographers, even would-be filmmakers hoping to make it big on YouTube could soon be forced to obtain a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures or filming on city property, including sidewalks.New rules being considered by the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting would require any group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour to get a city permit and insurance.