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February 11, 2005
Copyrights and Public Spaces
Chicago has put itself in the foregound of a battle regarding photographers and public spaces. The city's park police have attempted to stop people from taking pictures that happen to include the "Cloud Gate" sculpture because it's a "copyrighted work of art".
So, an object placed in this park - a park that was constructed with, and is maintained by, tax dollars - is off limits to anyone with a camera. How absurd is that? An area designed to attract tourism, which inevitably means the presence of cameras, is a hunting ground for zealous police looking for a "bust".
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