Kentucky Derby Bans cameras WTF?

[EdwardKaraa]

I think it's obvious the ban is for copyright reasons, but people tend to be more easily convinced if security reasons are mentioned. My brother in law organizes an international music festival and DSLR are banned, only P&S are acceptable but now he's facing the dilemma of mirrorless cameras, to ban or not to ban. Moreover, Press people have to apply for a press pass. Being press does not automatically give them the right to enter a paying event. He selects the press people carefully. There are also photographers passes, in order to allow you to take shots of the stage up close, usually the first song or two. These are the most difficult to obtain because the artists are very protective of the copyright to their photos, and also because many press photographers use the photos for personal profit. I have to say it is much easier for me to get the pass than some of best known newspapers in town.

 

[lukitas]

voting with your wallet

voting with your wallet

I'm getting uncomfortable with the argument that 'you only have to vote with your wallet, they'll see wisdom eventually.

On thing wrong about this is the unspoken assumption that 'voting with your wallet' is the only way left to us to influence policy, wether it be public or private. This cannot be right.

Another point is that this 'voting with your wallet' is only available to those who have a wallet to vote with. For the majority of humanity, voting is done by the belly, not with the wallet. If voting can be done through your wallet, it follows that the biggest wallet has the most votes. This may well be the way the cookie crumbles, but it still is highly undemocratic.

A bit off topic, I admit, but I also wanted to point out that it is impossible to keep politics out of a discussion like this. You may well scream loudly that you don't want to see 'political bulls**t', and that it isn't allowed, but the moment you launch an argument like 'vote with your wallet', you are treading in a 'political' quagmire. It may be nice and polite to call it a discussion of ethics or philosophy, but I would like to see the first discussion of ethics that is not also a discussion of politics. Or maybe it only becomes politics when the other guy doesn't agree with you...