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This settlement applies to courthouses nationwide, not just in New York:

Courthouse News Service
Monday. October 18, 2010

MANHATTAN (CN) - Authorities can't arrest public citizens for taking photographs and recording videos outside federal courthouses, the government acknowledged Monday in a settlement with the New York Civil Liberties Union. The NYCLU sued the federal government in April on behalf of Antonio Musumeci, a New Jersey man who was arrested after filming a protest outside of the Manhattan federal courthouse.....

.....The U.S. Attorney's Office acknowledged in the settlement that there are no federal laws or regulations prohibiting photography outside federal courthouses. The government also agreed to release the memory card seized from Musumeci's camera, pay him $4,850 and instruct federal officers that it is not illegal to take photographs or video recordings outside federal courthouses.

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