Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!relay!relay2!curley.nswc.navy.mil!usenet From: whiles@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Scott Hiles) Newsgroups: comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia Subject: Re: Copywrite on old paintings Date: 6 May 1994 14:13:58 GMT Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Lines: 34 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2qdjb6$ne2@curley.b35ita.sunoco> References: Reply-To: whiles@relay.nswc.navy.mil NNTP-Posting-Host: sholeh.b35ita.sunoco In article ACr@qus102.qld.tne.oz.au, pclink@qus102.qld.tne.oz.au (Rick) writes: >philip@walkden.demon.co.uk (Philip Howells) writes: > >>I've always understood this to be the case but interestingly, when I was at the >>Louvre Musuem in Paris last week the authorities made no attempt to stop the >>photographing of any exhibit. True they don't permit tripods but they openly >>encourage you to take cameras into the museum - they actually oblige you to >>take them out of your left luggage (which isn't allowed in!) > >Then it's changed some since I visited in '86. Back then, the only >English words in the entire museum (at least, I couldn't find any >others) were the words "NO PHOTOGRAPHS". A member of the group I >was with snuck a camera in, and the camera flash from photographing >Mona got the guards _very_ agitated. The explanation given at the >time was that bright lights were harmful to the painting, which would >explain the darkness of the case. > >Rick. This is the same as at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. You are allowed to use cameras, but you are not allowed to use a Flash. If you forget there are plenty of guards which are more than happy to escorte you out of the building. Scott --- whiles@relay.nswc.navy.mil Standard disclaimer: The opinions expressed are those of my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the DOD or the Navy. I accept full responsibility.