People are already doing something like that. Check out this boingboing post:
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/07/please_add_photos_of.html and the Flickr tag: http://flickr.com/photos/search/tags:cloud+gate/tagmode:any/ j On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:05:34 +0000, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > <http://newurbanist.blogspot.com/2005/01/copyrighting-of-public-space.html> > > > "The Reader recounts the experience of photojournalist > > Warren Wimmer's attempts to photograph Anish Kapoor's > > sculpture, Cloud Gate (more commonly known as 'the Bean'). > > When Wimmer set up his tripod and camera to shoot the > > sculpture, security guards stopped him, demanding that > > they show him a permit. Wimmer protested, replying that > > it's absurd that one needs to pay for a permit to > > photograph public art in a city-owned park." > > > The explanation (they're protecting the _artist's_ copyright) makes > > some sense to me as well, but the "guards will stop you if you try > > to take photos in public" aspect still feels ... troublingly odd. > > People should resist this sort of nonsense. Not easy, I know. Still, > how about a mass snapshot - get as many people as possible to go there, > set up their tripods and take photographs while sticking 2 fingers up > at the jobsworths. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > > -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog
