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To: TimF who wrote (10060)	2/13/2005 12:34:14 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 21647

I don't have a problem with parks, tourist sights or whatever charging amateurs and tourists for taking pictures for the same reason that I don't have a problem with them charging admission. Whether or not taxpayer monies support the park is irrelevant in my opinion. If that was the issue, there would be no justification for charging tolls on highways supported by tax dollars, charging admission to museums supported by tax dollars, etc, etc. However, I feel strongly that professional photogs should indeed be charged for using taxpayer-supported sites for their photo shoots. That's because the primary purpose is not that the my tax dollars are to be used to lower the photogs' and their clients' cost of doing business, which in effect would be the case. I'd be interested in other thoughts about this issue. --Mike Buckley