> > From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/02/08 Tue AM 12:27:57 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Copyrighting Public Space? > > I'm not a lawyer, but it seems to me that you cannot stop someone from > photographing outside in a public area. If it were truly on private > grounds, that's another matter. > > I also don't see what copyright is being protected. Were I to make a 3-d > replica of the sculpture and then try to sell it, that's one matter. But I > don't understand how a photograph would impinge on copyright. I assume the > sculptor wishes the item to be seen... he erected it in a public park. I > assume he knew it would be photographed as well. I don't see how capturing > reflected photons from the item is harmful to copyrights. > > What about any piece of architecture, building, etc.? They were all > designed by someone... > > More politically correctness BS.
My first thought would be: "How much is the artist paying to have public servants work for him/her?" ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com - virus-checked by McAfee - visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
