AThe San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Tuesday, July 11, 1972 - Page 2
No Cameras At Matches
Reykjavik —(UPI)— The film and picture rights for the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess match have been bought by an American company and all other still and film photographs are banned from the hall.
Chester Fox, Inc., of New York bought the rights from the Icelandic Chess Federation. ([Chester Fox, just another Soviet subversive in U.S. media helping the Soviet Empire realize it's goal to bury coverage of the match and preserve the illusions of Soviet invincibility and fascism. One of the chief complaints mentioned by Paul Marshall, Fischer's lawyer, during the holdout in New York was this bad move, bad faith on the part of the Icelandic Chess Federation, unconstitutional limitations on free press and coverage of the match.])
The action drew strong criticism from the Icelandic press several weeks ago and a special deal was worked out enabling Iceland's five daily newspapers to buy pictures from Chester Fox, Inc.
The Icelandic State Television, currently closed down for a four-week holiday, will also get free films after the first games have been played.
Cameramen and still photographers, who have no contract with the owner of the rights, will be barred from entering the hall unless they leave their cameras outside.
Above every entrance to the 3000 seat hall, is a big sign warning spectators that cameras are forbidden inside. ([This absurd Soviet/Icelandic demand, was against the wishes of Robert J. Fischer, along with Fischer's wish that the cameras that were in the hall weren't accompanied by NOISY camera-men as Fischer so eloquently explained to Johnny Carson in November 1972.])
No Cameras At Matches 11 Jul 1972, Tue The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com
