IP

28Dec07

In a bold intellectual property rights grasp, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities plans to send legislation to the Egyptian Parliament that will force others to share profits from the use of ancient and museum objects like the pyramid, the Times reported today (“Egypt to copyright landmarks”).  Case in point: more people visit the pyramid-shaped Luxor [...]

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Unfinished Gaudi

26Aug07

A writer on New York Moleskinecity mentions Broken Angel as one of the treasures of Brooklyn.  The owner of this building, a “self-taught” architect and painter, has added some interesting and intriguing quirks to the facade and interior.  However, Gothamist.com goes too far and calls it a tenement version of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia.
Please.
Sagrada Familia is a [...]

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