Comments on: I am a playa hater

By: S.N.Jacobson

S.N.Jacobson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:10:06 +0000

Wish I had taken that .. great idea

~SNJ

By: aleXander

aleXander — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:29:42 +0000

This is an excellent response from a representative of Burning Man to the intellectual rights issues around photography at Burning Man.
http://blog.burningman.com/?p=4599
(As to Burning Man itself – as someone recently put so well: “Burning Man is not actually just about illicit or hedonistic activity. [ my note: though yum yum there is plenty there!] It’s really about community and personal expression, and through the tremendous personal investment and struggle that people go through to get to the desert, to survive there for a week, to create art there, and to be a member of the community, they learn a lot about themselves, and become better people.”) I’ve been 5 years in a row.

By: malecution

malecution — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:00:13 +0000

@jeff – Just low-end Canon SLR hardware, nothing that would be a tragedy if the desert swallowed it

@samiam and others baffled by the angle – she’s leaning forward a little bit, which is why her physiology looks abbreviated. The intent is to create something vaguely resembling the )’( symbol.

@violet – The organizers of the burn are not the first group of well-meaning people to adopt an unnecessarily aggressive intellectual property policy. The important question is if and how they will choose to exercise it. If they harass people displaying images (with the consent of their subjects) for completely non-commercial use on sites like Flickr, then righteous indignation and public pressure should be brought to bear on them. If however they use it only to squelch the non-consensual publication of sniper shots taken by roving professional photographers of the naive and naked, then I doubt anyone would feel they are betraying the community. There’s plenty of gray area in this neighborhood, but it would be self-defeating to clamp down on the “radical self-expression” that is a core value of the event. All that said, for the record I’d also hate to be on the wrong side of anyone’s interpretation of the DMCA…

By: Darkstar

Darkstar — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:22:08 +0000

*shrug* I don’t go to BM because I literally believe I’ll come home in a body bag, that the environment would kill me.

By: violet

violet — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:29:38 +0000

I am now worried that Burningmaninc will come after me for displaying or disseminating one of their snatches “in a manner” that BMO “doesn’t like”. I mean, clearly they own the pussy because she bought a ticket. and since -

“The BMO also limits your own rights to use your own photos and videos on any public websites, (1) obliging you to take down any photos to which BMO objects, for any reason; and (2) forbidding you from allowing anyone else to reuse your photos (i.e., no licensing your work no matter what is depicted, including Creative Commons licensing, and no option to donate your work to the public domain).

Moreover, the Burning Man Terms and Conditions also strip attendees of their trademark fair use rights. The ticket terms forbid any use of Burning Man trademarks on any website, which means that ticket-holders can’t label their photos “Burning Man 2009” or even use the words “Burning Man” on their Facebook walls or Twitter updates.”

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/08/snatching-rights-playa

- I’d hate to be on the wrong side of their interpretation of DMCA.

just sayin’.

By: casualencounters.com/blog

casualencounters.com/blog — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:46:19 +0000

Someone has stolen that woman’s vagina. Call the cops.

By: PickMeUp Girl

PickMeUp Girl — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:00:59 +0000

Probably my favorite picture. Ever. Where on earth did you find it?

~me
http://sites.google.com/site/pickmeupgirl/

By: La Bibi

La Bibi — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:20:41 +0000

I LOVE it! And I think it’s a most beautiful pussy, too

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:12:13 +0000

Samiam, you think what we’re seeing is a vagina? That’s not actually an accurate term for external genitalia, no matter how polite/clinical you mean to be.

By: Vaneeesa Blaylock

Vaneeesa Blaylock — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:01:12 +0000

Hi Violet,
I’m new to your blog and actually don’t know where you stand on BM – but would be interested to read… can you point me to a relevant post? TY! :)

By: samiam

samiam — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:33:41 +0000

this is the weirdest vagina i have ever seen, where are the lips??? or the hair??? WTF??!

By: joe

joe — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:02:00 +0000

that is kind of a strange looking vagina

By: Naomi

Naomi — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:47:13 +0000

FANTASTIC!!!!

By: Jeff LeRoy Davis

Jeff LeRoy Davis — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:07:33 +0000

That’s working the limits of wide angle depth of field. I wonder who made the glass, and what camera body was used.

By: Sexie Sadie

Sexie Sadie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:07:11 +0000

LOL! I personally have had a ton of fun at BM in the past, despite the stink and the sweat and the hippieishness. Yes, this pic is awesome!! She should do a series of these, with landmarks in the background. I can see it now, cunt and Eiffel Tower, pussy and the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, the Pyramids … So many options!

xo~Sadie

By: Rimjob Jesus

Rimjob Jesus — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:41:23 +0000

great pic, though I wouldve choosen a much fuller set of labia to highlight here, maybe even a bit of red pubes to evoke the image of “the Burn” in full effect…

By: Jade

Jade — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:18:04 +0000

That is a truly awesome shot!