[LINK] We?re all copyright criminals now

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006/Nov/22, at 12:01 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 11:28 AM 22/11/2006, Stewart Fist wrote:
>> However I've had dozens of police, security-guards, and local-council
>> officers try to stop me filming/taping by using either the "you  
>> are on
>> private property" ploy, or the "obstruction of traffic" claim.
>>
>> Whenever I was threatened in this way, I'd just zoom back to a  
>> wide-shot and
>> pan around 360 degrees for evidence as to the level of obstruction/ 
>> trespass,
>> and invite them politely to sue or charge me.
>>
>> No one ever did.
>
> Stewart, reminds me of the recent attempt at Southbank in Melbourne  
> where the centre owners put up signs for 'no photography', in  
> English only of course. The funny part was the interviews that were  
> done by local TV journalists asking the Japanese tourists if they  
> knew they were breaking the law. Of course they couldn't speak  
> English either, so of course they didn't understand the question.  
> There were also confronting questions of centre management about  
> who thought up that stupid idea. Lots of buck passing. I think  
> people just ignore the signs, as they should.

There is a sculpture in Chicago that was supposed to be copyright and  
you weren't allowed to take pictures of it:

Chicago's Bean sculpture is free to photograph, at last
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/27/chicagos_bean_sculpt.html

No Photos of The Bean, Please
http://www.chicagoist.com/archives/2005/02/08/ 
no_photos_of_the_bean_please.php

Photos:
http://flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=bean+chicago&m=text




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