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Treachery in the Rodin Museum 3D scan verdict

325 points · 192 comments · CosmoWenman

  1. pj_mukh · · focus · HN ↗
    Oh boy.

    I don’t want to freak the museum out but I have 360 degree footage of large sections of the museum (mostly for a spatial index) and now I’m wondering how high a quality I could get with splatting the sculptures and making it public.

    Would I get cease desisted for hosting from across the pond? Or would they be too lazy to come after me?

    1. MisterMunchkin · · focus · HN ↗
      This case was about trying to obtain the museum’s own scans under FOI, it’s nothing to do with releasing your own scans.

      I’m open to ideas but I don’t see how they could screw you if they’re your own scans. They can’t copyright stolen artifacts from other countries, so they can’t get you on copyright. It’s not their files, so they can’t get you on piracy.

      Do it.

      1. thih9 · · focus · HN ↗
        >They can’t copyright stolen artifacts from other countries

        While the museum may have some looted items anyway, I thought this is about Rodin's art, i.e. items from Rodin's own collection and studio, or perhaps casts made by the museum. Discussion about looted items seems off topic.

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