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
