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An American's fierce fight to reproduce sculptures of the Rodin Museum for free

14 points by abetusk 2y ago

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reaperman 2y ago
Articles with hard paywalls and no workarounds available (archive.is does not work for this) are not allowed on HN. I would love to read more about this though. From the HN FAQ: > Are paywalls ok? > It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. (Emphasis added)
- PostOnce 2y ago
  I found an older article on the subject https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/03/05/musee-rodin-could-be-forced-to-release-3d-scans-of-bronze-sculpturesincluding-the-thinkerto-the-public https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/03/05/musee-rodin-could... and the man himself has a site: https://cosmowenman.com/ https://cosmowenman.com/
- beardyw 2y ago
  > But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.
  - reaperman 2y ago
    I wasn’t complaining, just stating a fact. I am very familiar with the constant complaints about paywalls, and 99% of those complaints are on posts which already have an archive link posted for people to read. I personally do not have any issue with websites choosing to paywall their content, so I have no motivation to complain about the existence of paywalls.
- defrost 2y ago
  The current link (as of one hour post your comment) goes straight through to a full article in French for myself in Australia: https://www.linforme.com/medias-culture/article/le-combat-acharne-d-un-americain-pour-reproduire-gratuitement-les-sculptures-du-musee-rodin_1696.html https://www.linforme.com/medias-culture/article/le-combat-ac... The archive.is snapshot ( https://archive.md/mBig8 https://archive.md/mBig8 ) is of a partial article with a subscribe nag ... this suggests the issue is cookies and|or geolocation.
  - underseacables 2y ago
    From Los Angeles, that link leads to a hard pay wall.
ompogUe 2y ago
Rodin left his plaster casts to the museum and authorized them to make up 12 copies of each (they've already made all 12 of The Thinker). If that was the intention of the artist, my opinion would be more towards they break the molds and delete the scans, instead of allowing infinite copies.
- abetusk 2y ago
  Rodin died in 1917. There's been over 100 years to carry out his wishes with his works. His works are now in the public domain. Regardless of what you think should have happened to the works, they are now in the public domain and being gate kept by the museum administrators. The museum itself is state owned and so should serve the public.

14 points by abetusk 2y ago

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Articles with hard paywalls and no workarounds available (archive.is does not work for this) are not allowed on HN. I would love to read more about this though. From the HN FAQ: > Are paywalls ok? > It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. (Emphasis added)

PostOnce 2y ago
I found an older article on the subject https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/03/05/musee-rodin-could-be-forced-to-release-3d-scans-of-bronze-sculpturesincluding-the-thinkerto-the-public https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/03/05/musee-rodin-could... and the man himself has a site: https://cosmowenman.com/ https://cosmowenman.com/
beardyw 2y ago
> But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.
- reaperman 2y ago
  I wasn’t complaining, just stating a fact. I am very familiar with the constant complaints about paywalls, and 99% of those complaints are on posts which already have an archive link posted for people to read. I personally do not have any issue with websites choosing to paywall their content, so I have no motivation to complain about the existence of paywalls.
defrost 2y ago
The current link (as of one hour post your comment) goes straight through to a full article in French for myself in Australia: https://www.linforme.com/medias-culture/article/le-combat-acharne-d-un-americain-pour-reproduire-gratuitement-les-sculptures-du-musee-rodin_1696.html https://www.linforme.com/medias-culture/article/le-combat-ac... The archive.is snapshot ( https://archive.md/mBig8 https://archive.md/mBig8 ) is of a partial article with a subscribe nag ... this suggests the issue is cookies and|or geolocation.
- underseacables 2y ago
  From Los Angeles, that link leads to a hard pay wall.

ompogUe 2y ago

Rodin left his plaster casts to the museum and authorized them to make up 12 copies of each (they've already made all 12 of The Thinker). If that was the intention of the artist, my opinion would be more towards they break the molds and delete the scans, instead of allowing infinite copies.

abetusk 2y ago
Rodin died in 1917. There's been over 100 years to carry out his wishes with his works. His works are now in the public domain. Regardless of what you think should have happened to the works, they are now in the public domain and being gate kept by the museum administrators. The museum itself is state owned and so should serve the public.