Talk:Bradbury Building/Archive 1

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:37, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Photo(s) requested
This article is mentioned at WikiProject Southern California/Requested photos.

"has about a half dozen 'fair use' images". Blank Verse 07:23, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Frustratingly, there are three pictures of the building on PDphoto.org (e.g. this one), but non of them are licensed as public domain. From the details link on the PDphoto page, this would seem to be because of generic concerns over the use of photos of interiors of private buildings in the US. In this instance, it might not be so much of a problem, as I would have thought the copyright on the building would have expired by now. However there could be some other reason for the non-PD status and it is probably too much trouble to get the situation clarified. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist] 08:13, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * So is the idea that any photo of the building is a derivative work? Given the building's age and the fact that the architect has been dead for over 100 years, it seems like a modern photo could not be considered a derivative work since the original design as "published" is in the public domain. Mike Dillon 16:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, AFIK that is essentially the point, but it primarily only affects building interiors and buildings which would not normally be visible from a public road. In the US (and some other terriories), there are specific exceptions for photographs of exteriors taken from a public street.
 * It would also be my guess that in the case of the Bradbury building, this shouldn't be a problem as the copyright should have expired in any case. I guess people are just used to there being copyright problems over photographs of building interiors. -- Solipsist 08:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


 * There are twelve images of this building from October 1960 in the HABS collection. It's a decent mix of exterior and interior shots, all black and white. Mike Dillon 15:43, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

"Inside joke"?
From the article:


 * The building was prominently used in the film Blade Runner (where it served as an inside joke, as the building shares its name with science fiction virtuoso Ray Bradbury)

At the risk of sounding like a dense oaf- what exactly is the joke? If it's simply that Blade Runner is a sci fi story and Ray Bradbury was a sci fi author... well, I've got half a mind to edit that out. Druff 03:40, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Sounds good to me. - RoyBoy 800 22:17, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

TV Rubicon: (Episode 8: Caught in the Suck) Movie: Pay it Forward (Lawyers Office.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iiiears (talk • contribs) 13:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Whenever you see something stupid... remove it. It does not serve knowledge if one leaves it. Gingermint (talk) 06:43, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Banyon
It was the office building of TV detective Banyon. -17.232.124.153 (talk) 23:54, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Combine parts of sections?
Surely the last three paragraphs of The Building Today should be incorporated into the Popular Media section immediately below? Much redundancy here. Signinstranger (talk) 18:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)