This is what brought them to the attention of the authorities.
Helicopter rescues at sea probably cost a lot of money.
Who even knew this was illegal???
But then, some sports icons feel that they can get away with a lot of things we lesser mortals can't.
Leni
I recently took a picture of my wife on federal lands; am I guilty,or does this only apply to "commercial" ventures?
Unless the making of this show had some special impact on the land, this has to be one of the mildest crimes possible
Wow, that will teach him!
Hey, what's up with this? I want to see his shows filmed on Fed land. As a person with a disability, and confined to a wheelchair, I will most likely never be able to see these remote areas. His show allowed me access. This stinks!!! And I protest the court's action.
Is this America?
I wasn't aware that you needed a permit to shoot a movie or tv show on federal land. Interesting. Thing is...if you've ever been around a movie or tv shoot, you know that it can involve a lot of folks, and possibly even some disruption of normal activities. That's why you have to have permits in cities to film professionally.
The only thing worse, for example, than a professional bass tournament on a lake you were planning to fish is a crew filming one of those fishing shows.
It happened to me...once. I was out on my favorite lake, fishing for northern pike, when about 6 boats zoomed up into the area I was fishing. Camera boats, the fishing show host's boat, a support boat, a boat full of nothing but tackle, a security boat, and some random boats doing what, I don't know.
So, I've been fishing the weed edge in this cove for about an hour, when this bunch of yahoos comes roaring in. One of the boats split off from the group and some guy in it tells me they're shooting the "XXXX XXXXXX" show, and I'm going to have to leave the area.
I explained to him that he was on a public lake, and that I had been there long before he and his bunch of cretins blew in. I further explained how he might perform a seemingly impossible sexual act upon himself.
I left anyhow, because it wasn't going to be much fun fishing that cove, but I was really ticked off.
This is why permits are required in many places. I have no idea whether one was required on that lake.
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I hope he didn't, GASP, do the unthinkable.....use a gas powered snowmobile.
This is the Damnedest thing I've ever heard of.I guess I can see the point of the law, but once again unintended consequences.How could this ever be policed? It makes a criminal of lot's of people.
"pleaded guilty to knowingly conducting work activity in a national forest without obtaining a special use permit."
Ever take your laptop along to do some work on your Yellowstone trip? Scofflaws like that deserve the max!!!
This case is just one that underscores the need for "less government".
Ladies and Gentlemen there are millions of federal laws and regulations. The feds can come down on nearly anyone at any time for the flimsiest of reasons. And they can spend an unlimited amount of resources to do it. It is truly amazing.
It's not just Federal lands.
I do some hi-def wildlife filming, and I have an underwater case.
I went to video some Manatees at a state park here, and you would have thought I took a gun to hunt them. The rangers were very heavy in their questioning to assure that I wasn't engaged in commercially filming them. I responded that I knew the rules, including staying at least fifty feet from the manatees, but I explained with zoom and the clarity of the water that was no problem.
They then closed the swimming area down completely.
It's bad enough that I pay 80.00 a year to access the state parks. But if you do want to film commercially on the state parks, you must negotiate the fee with the head ranger at each park. - state sponsored capitalism - ( or good ol boy network) - you choose.
if larry was driving an SUV, tack on another year!