Open Records Blog - The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/Blogs/openrecords Stories from The Salt Lake Tribune &copy; 2013 The Associated Press, The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <a href="http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) Colorado city wants to ban people taking pictures of public records http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsopenrecords/56457788-222/records-documents-public-ban.html.csp Durango, Colo., officials are trying to close what they see as a public-records loophole that is costing them money. The Durango Herald reports that the city is proposing an ordinance that would ban people from photographing public records they request. It seems people are using their cellphones and tablet computers to get around photocopying fees by taking pictures of the documents. The city charges 25 cents per page after the first 10 pages, whether the information is photocopied or scanned fo... <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsopenrecords/56457788-222/records-documents-public-ban.html.csp">Colorado city wants to ban people taking pictures of public records</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56457788-2013-06-13T17-48-02-06-00/MAI/sltrib56457788-2013-06-13T17-48-02-06-00/E/prod/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span Class="Author Vcard"><span Class="Fn"></span></span> <span Class="Source-org Vcard"><span Class="Org Fn"> The Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-06-13T17:48:02-06:00">Published Jun 13, 2013 05:48PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Durango, Colo., officials are trying to close what they see as a public-records loophole that is costing them money. The Durango Herald reports that the city is proposing an ordinance that would ban people from photographing public records they request. It seems people are using their cellphones and tablet computers to get around photocopying fees by taking pictures of the documents. The city charges 25 cents per page after the first 10 pages, whether the information is photocopied or scanned fo...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> <img src="http://mngislctrib.112.2O7.net/b/ss/mngislctrib/1/H.17--NS/0?&pageName=RSS" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt=""/> 56457788@www.sltrib.com Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:48:02 MDT