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[...] Perhaps the point is to titillate us with
the delicious irony of celebrating copyright infringement while
simultaneously taking the view that even the NO
PHOTOGRAPHY sign is a form of property, not to be reproduced
without the permission that can never be had.
[...] Perhaps the point is to titillate us with
the delicious irony of celebrating copyright infringement while
simultaneously taking the view that even the NO
PHOTOGRAPHY sign is a form of property, not to be reproduced
without the permission that can never be had.
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I'm an optimist. I think our social contracts are stronger than our technology. They're the strongest bonds we have. We don't aim telescopes through each others' windows, because only creeps do that.
But we need to reclaim the right to record our own lives as they proceed. We need to reverse decisions like the one that allowed the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority to line subway platforms with terrorism cameras, but said riders may not take snapshots in the station. We need to win back the right to photograph our human heritage in museums and galleries, and we need to beat back the snitch-cams rent-a-cops use to make our cameras stay in our pockets.
They're our cities and our institutions. And we choose the future
we want to live in.
I'm an optimist. I think our social contracts are stronger than our technology. They're the strongest bonds we have. We don't aim telescopes through each others' windows, because only creeps do that.
But we need to reclaim the right to record our own lives as they proceed. We need to reverse decisions like the one that allowed the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority to line subway platforms with terrorism cameras, but said riders may not take snapshots in the station. We need to win back the right to photograph our human heritage in museums and galleries, and we need to beat back the snitch-cams rent-a-cops use to make our cameras stay in our pockets.
They're our cities and our institutions. And we choose the future
we want to live in.