Isle anti-paparazzi bill condemned by media groups

By Nanea Kalani

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 07, 2013

~~<p>More than a dozen national media organizations have signed on to a letter opposing Hawaii's so-called "Steven Tyler Act," a bill that seeks to prevent paparazzi and reporters from stalking celebrities who vacation in the islands.</p>
<p>The attorney for the National Press Photographers Association, based in Buffalo, N.Y., sent the letter Wednesday to the bill's author, Sen. J. Kalani English (D, East Maui-Upcountry-Molokai-Lanai), calling the proposed measure unconstitutional.</p>
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More than a dozen national media organizations have signed on to a letter opposing Hawaii's so-called "Steven Tyler Act," a bill that seeks to prevent paparazzi and reporters from stalking celebrities who vacation in the islands.

The attorney for the National Press Photographers Association, based in Buffalo, N.Y., sent the letter Wednesday to the bill's author, Sen. J. Kalani English (D, East Maui-Upcountry-Molokai-Lanai), calling the proposed measure unconstitutional. Login for more...