RE: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-04 Thread Bob W
> >> What makes you think that burning man is public? It's a very, very > >> large private party. > > > > it's held on publicly-owned land and tickets are sold to the public. > If they > > want it to be private they should hold it on private land and have > people > > there by invitation only. >

Re: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 4, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Larry Colen > >> I don't like the restrictions, I don't agree with them, but I >> understand why they have them. I find it interesting that several of >> the people in this dis

RE: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-04 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Larry Colen > I don't like the restrictions, I don't agree with them, but I > understand why they have them. I find it interesting that several of > the people in this discussion are arguing their point and have never > b

Re: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-04 Thread Larry Colen
I don't like the restrictions, I don't agree with them, but I understand why they have them. I find it interesting that several of the people in this discussion are arguing their point and have never been to burning man, any of the burner community events, or quite likely even read the rules in

Re: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-04 Thread John Sessoms
If you have to fear "the wrong people" will see photos of you doing something, it's something you shouldn't be doing. From: Larry Colen On Sep 4, 2011, at 1:17 AM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Bray More on the subject: "Turning aw

RE: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-04 Thread John Sessoms
Burning Man treats photographers like pariahs. Who needs that? If you're doing something IN PUBLIC in the middle of the desert, and you have to fear you doing it will show up in someone's photos, you shouldn't be doing it in public. From: "Bob W" From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bou

RE: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-04 Thread Bob W
> How many people refuse to go see > a play, or a movie because they aren't allowed to video tape it? How > many people refuse to go to a concert because they aren't allowed to > take photos? the restrictions at BM are not the same as those at a theatre or cinema. At a theatre or cinema there i

Re: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 4, 2011, at 1:17 AM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Tim Bray >> >> More on the subject: "Turning away from Burning Man": >> http://duncandavidson.com/blog/2011/09/burningman >> > > I wish he hadn't written this, it undercuts th

RE: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-04 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Tim Bray > > More on the subject: "Turning away from Burning Man": > http://duncandavidson.com/blog/2011/09/burningman > I wish he hadn't written this, it undercuts the rest of the piece: "I wouldn’t concern myself wit

Re: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-03 Thread Tim Bray
More on the subject: "Turning away from Burning Man": http://duncandavidson.com/blog/2011/09/burningman On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Bob W wrote: >> > FYI!  Saw this on Twitter just now.  Cheers, Christine >> > >> > http://pdnpulse.com/2011/09/good-riddance-to-burning-man.html >> >> I've seen

RE: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-02 Thread Bob W
> > FYI! Saw this on Twitter just now. Cheers, Christine > > > > http://pdnpulse.com/2011/09/good-riddance-to-burning-man.html > > I've seen those rumors before, and that is far beyond what it has > always been. > > http://blog.burningman.com/2011/01/digital-rights/updated-terms-and- > conditio

Re: Restrictive photography rights at Burning Man

2011-09-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 2, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > FYI! Saw this on Twitter just now. Cheers, Christine > > http://pdnpulse.com/2011/09/good-riddance-to-burning-man.html I've seen those rumors before, and that is far beyond what it has always been. http://blog.burningman.com/2011/01/digit