Suzanne Quigley
On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 05:37 AM, Amalyah Keshet wrote:
The latest privacy and IP issue:
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>From WiredNews 18 February 2003
Concert halls, art museums, gym locker rooms and other public places where photography is greatly discouraged may have problems from another device -- cell phones.
...While the pictures may appear somewhat fuzzy on the low-resolution screen of a phone, they can appear vivid over the Internet, admits Sony-Ericsson spokeswoman Nicky Csellak-Claeys.
...one group of people that privacy advocates and industry analysts expect to hear from in the upcoming months are copyright holders such as museum exhibitors and concert musicians.
..."If someone is able to take a picture of a show, then simulate the picture on the Internet -- it may very well constitute an infringement to copyright laws," Laurant said. "The owner of the premises might well consider a ban on the cell phone, depending on what he considers most important -- the patron's right to use the cell phone on the premises or the interests of intellectual property owners."
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57692,00.html
