Apart from making photographs - which is allowed in most museums as long as
no flash is being used - there are security reasons not to allow cell phones
inside the museum. Apart from modern art in most cases objects in museums
are free of copyright. Besides: the quality of images made through cell
phone cameras really is not very impressive. Making photos is a non-issue.
Disturbance by people talking too loud through their cell phones is a real
issue.

Ton Cremers.


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> Subject: Camera Phones
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> About two months ago, I had cause to upgrade my cell phone 
> inasmuch as the old one was warning it wanted to die.  In the 
> upgrade, I opted to purchase one that had a camera phone as 
> part of the unit.  Some part of my decision process had to do 
> with the fact that the Hollywood Bowl claims they don't allow 
> cameras, but there were camera phones in use like crazy this 
> summer (and, as an aside, at the Eagles Concert at the 
> Staples Center last month, I was amused to learn cell phone 
> displays have replaced lighters at concerts).  I went with 
> the new Samsung A840, and the quality of the pictures, in 
> some instances, is actually quite good.
> 
> With the proliferation of cell phone cameras, how are your 
> institutions controlling what transpires?  Beyond the cell 
> phone chatter, you now have issues of folks potentially 
> seizing images for which they do not have copyright.  Are you 
> doing anything to curtail this usage, or is this an issue 
> like at the Bowl where they claim no cameras, but there are 
> miniature cameras all over the place?
> 
> 
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