Local Rule 83.3: PHOTOGRAPHING, RECORDING AND BROADCASTING
D. Mass. — General rule
RULE 83.3 PHOTOGRAPHING, RECORDING AND BROADCASTING
(a) Photographing, Recording, and Broadcasting Generally Prohibited. Except as specifically provided in these rules or by order of the court, no person shall take any photograph, make any recording, or make any broadcast by any means, in the course of or in connection with any proceedings in this court, on any floor of any building on which proceedings of this court are or, in the regular course of the business of the court, may be held.
(b) Exceptions.
(1) Court Reporters. Official court reporters are not prohibited from making voice recordings for the sole purpose of discharging their official duties. No recording made for that purpose shall be used for any other purpose by any person.
(2) Presentation of Evidence. The court may permit the use of electronic or photographic means for the preservation of evidence or the perpetuation of a record.
(3) Miscellaneous Proceedings. The court may permit the broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing of investitive, ceremonial, or naturalization proceedings.
(4) File Review. The use of dictation equipment is permitted in the clerk's office by persons reviewing files in that office.
Effective September 1, 1990; amended effective September 6, 2011.