A podcast about a venal statue
7 Feb 2005
I came across todays word in a post over at BoingBoing.net. The word is venal. It is adjective used to describe a person or process that is corrupt. Especially one that is open to bribery or purchase.
The Boing boing post is about the Cloud Gate statue at the Chicago Millennium Park. Apparently the $11 million statue and the enhancements are copyrighted by the statue’s creator- Anish Kapoor.
This means the fine citizens of Chicago, the citizens who paid for the statue, nor tourists can take photos of the statue without the permission of the artist.
Cory Doctorow the author of the BoingBoing.net post writes, “This is about the vilest display of human venality I’ve heard of all day.”
I think it has been more than a week for me.
UPDATE: Boing Boing has a follow up post asking Chicagoan’s to take lots of photos of the Cload Gate to protest the misuse of copyright.
Feb 07, 2005 @ 11:44:26
The Revolution Will Be Commodified
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