Posted on 09/26/2006 3:32:30 AM PDT by Republicanprofessor
The Victoria and Albert Museum turned down an offer from Bill Gates to exhibit a rare Leonardo da Vinci notebook because of "draconian" security measures specified by advisors to the Microsoft founder.
Organisers of the V&A's Leonardo da Vinci exhibition were keen to include a series of pages from the Codex Leicester, a collection of Da Vinci's notes and drawings. However, Gates's representatives insisted on a series of restrictions governing how, when, and under what conditions the pages could be shown.
(Excerpt) Read more at arts.guardian.co.uk ...
Art ping.
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Was Bill gates insisting on an End Users License Agreement (EULA)??? I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked!!! /snide
Shrink wrap license??
When my brother graduated art school, he won a student award that paid for a trip to Europe. While he was in London, he visited either the British Museum or the V&A and was able to view a special collection of Da Vinci sketches. He was taken into some back room of the museum, searched, supervised by a guard and a curator, and then allowed to look at the sketches while wearing special gloves.
He felt the extra trouble was worth it. And if this book is rare and delicate enough, I shouldn't think Gates was that out of line.
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