[Foundation-l] a heads-up on Wikimedia France's adventures with the Frenc...

[Ray Saintonge]

Marco Chiesa wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Teofilo wrote:
>   
>> I should have said it in my previous message : the first and foremost
>> priority for France, is that Government-owned museums allow visitors
>> who paid their entrance ticket to carry a camera and take pictures of
>> paintings and sculptures when the painters and sculptors died more
>> than 70 years ago.
>>     
> I partly agree, but keep in mind that the reason why some museum do
> not let visitors take photos is not necessarily copyright. For
> example, flashes can damage paintings, and I wouldn't like to visit a
> crowded museum slaloming between hundreds of photographers with
> tripods trying to take a picture of every single work of art present.
>   
Of course, photo technology has developed to a point where flash or 
tripods are no longer necessary for getting a decent picture.

As I have understood it tripods are banned because some can damage 
museum floors, or leave ugly black streaks on the floor that are 
difficult to clean.

Ec