Madness! Options

[stargelman]

Just found this bit about/concerning copyright.

I gotta say, the way they go with copyright laws right now is really frightening. Next thing you know, you won't be able to look at something on your way to work without paying for having the extraordinary pleasure of seeing it.

And what's with copyright laws being extended to over a hundred years? That's just rediculous. I mean yes, I do believe that if you create something original and/or beautiful, you should be compensated for it, but THIS is just going way over the top.

[Archeopterix]

In most museums you CAN take pictures. In places where you can't its not because you might try and sell a copy, its because on older paintings, many many flash bulbs over time can damage them. They've actually lessened that rule now that people can often take pictures without a flash, and some museums state "no flash photography". You can take pictures in the Smithsonian, for example, even in the galleries.

Anyway, that is a beautiful sculpture, but that artist is either being a jerk or he is doing it as a media stunt to get more attention for his piece (which is very common in contemporary art).

I mean, look at how people are reacting. They are taking LOTS of pictures and posting websites despite him. Wowie, free promotion. I don't thik that artist is as dumb as it seems at first.

As an afterthought:
Maybe the piece in itself is in part conceptual. Maybe it's about "who owns copyright in reflected images." I mean really. it wouldn't be ANYTHING the same if it was a matte material, would it?

I think there's a lot more to this than meets the eye, heh.