Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, you are allowed to use cameras in the Louvre, but no flash if I remember right: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Print+Exchanges/Digital+Black+and+White/Neela+Rubens.jpg.html Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> wrote: > On Mon ?4, Jan'10 at ?9:06 AM -0500, Kyle Cassidy wrote: >> >> This is indeed because of copyright. The Louvre, for example, cannot >> copyright the Mona Lisa, it's in the public domain, but they CAN copyright >> their reproductions of it and control access to the original making sure >> that nobody else can make reproductions of it. > > Funny example. ?The last time I was there, there were more people taking > pictures of the Mona Lisa than actually looking at it. > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgray1/3018923813/in/set-72157607905705648/> > > I did take quite a number of pictures there and was not hassled at all. ?I > have been asked to stop taking photos in the Philadelphia Museum of Art > though. ?Museums can be an interesting place to take photos of people. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >