Guest Luke Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 This was sent to me. "Burning Man strives to celebrate our individuality, creativity and free spirit," writes Corynne McSherry. "Unfortunately, the fine print on the tickets doesn't live up to that aspiration." EFF reports that the event's Terms and Conditions include "a remarkable bit of legal sleight-of-hand." As soon as "any third party displays or disseminates" your photos or videos in a manner that the Burning Man Organization (BMO) doesn't like, those photos or videos become the property of the BMO. BMO's Terms and Conditions also limits your own rights to use your own photos and videos on any public websites obliging you to take down any photos to which BMO objects, for any reason; and forbidding you from allowing anyone else to reuse your photos. This "we automatically own all your stuff" magic appears to be creative lawyering intended to allow the BMO to use the streamlined "notice and takedown" process enshrined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to quickly remove photos from the Internet giving BMO the power of fast and easy online censorship. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/08/snatching-rights-playa http://tickets2.burningman.com/info.php?i=2386 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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