Saturday, February 06, 2010
Know Before You Go: Tickets May Come at a Higher Price Than You Realize
Electronic Frontier Foundation: "As part of our Terms of Ab(use) project, we pay close attention to the fine print of online agreements for provisions that are potentially dangerous to consumers. We've noticed a troubling change in the way event planners restrict the rights of individuals who attend their shows. Where once these limitations had to fit on the back of a ticket, increasingly event organizers have moved their fine print online, where they are able to use even more contract law to avoid the limits of trademark and copyright law and actively control what ticket holders can say or do even after the event is over."
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Well, I see both sides here. I understand what the people at Terms of Ab(use) are getting at. The rules set out by the Burning Man do seem a bit overkill and could definitely be taken as going against the very thing they say they are standing for, however not completely. The rule forbidding their members to even use their name online I think is a bit ridiculous. But, the restriction of photos being used is something that is pretty legitimate. I mean, there are a lot of places that forbid pictures even being taken. Broadway shows, for example, do not allow any photographs whatsoever. I think in that sense, they have every right to protect their members and tradition from being mainstreamed.
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