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| | | | | Posted by PowSkierNH the whole copyright thing has been beaten to death already. See above. Bottom line: do whatever you want with the photos, they are not going to stop you, their release or whatever will not hold water. I signed it, I don't care, I'll do whatever I want with the pictures and they can go hang. So far, haven't heard of anyone getting a cease-and-desist about it. It's a decent tour, though they should focus more on the unrestored parts or maybe have an unrestored-only tour. Their money-grubbing increased price for the "Photo" tour smacks of poor taste and profiteering but they can get away with it I suppose. I don't think I will make it back there this year but I was glad to go the time I did (before they had a separate "photo" tour.) |
| | | | | | | Posted by Freaktography Thought I'd give a brief review of the tour - I went on Saturday. I was very happy with it, on Friday I emailed and asked about tripod and flash use - they allow both tripods and on-camera flash, no sticks or umbrellas or off-camera flash is allowed. They pair you with you a tour guide and all the tour guides to separate ways, so you aren't all bunched together and getting in eachothers shots. I was with one other guy in my group so we took turns getting our shots...it was great to have just a small group and all the time and space we needed. Most of the building is still pretty awesome, I believe "building 9" was the best one - every floor untouched since the early 70's. The guide just talks while you shoot, asks what you want to see and what you want to know - knowing that we were both into the decay she took us to the best spots, then she just stayed out of our way while we shot. The only rule she gave us was to not go into the rooms as the floors were collapsing but she allowed us to use our best judgement. If we were taking a long time on one floor she would tell us that the next floor is even better, or she would say "I can let you guys keep shooting here, or we can go see the basement and the tunnels, up to you" In all, 2 hours was plenty of time to see what's worth seeing and to learn a bit of history. Yes - there was the waiver and photo rights issue, but who cares about that - it was a great time and nice low stress opportunity to shoot some cool stuff! I would post some pics but I don't have them on me. Definitely glad I did it and I highly recommend it! k? |
| | | Posted by Freaktography Yes - there was the waiver and photo rights issue, but who cares about that |
| Posted by rob.i.am Thanks for dispelling some misinformation. |
| | | Posted by Shawn W. Everyone who cares one iota about their intellectual property rights. What misinformation did he dispel? They're still pulling the same nonsense with the rights to the photos. |
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Mental Asylum Basement Tunnels by Freaktography, on Flickr | | | Posted by rob.i.am While your point about the photo rights is fair and valid, it's been made about 4 times in this thread. Some people don't care about the rights (I'd be one of them). You're entitled to your opinion, including that my opinion is wrong and immoral and bad for the planet, but jeez, enough already. |
| | | Posted by Shawn W. I'd have left it alone if not for the, "...but who cares about that," comment. If one isn't concerned about losing the IP rights to their photos, then by all means, go on the tour and take photos, but don't suggest that no one cares despite multiple statements, not just from me, to the contrary. |
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