On That Patent to Disable the iPhone Camera

Yeah that technology in the wrong hands is a little scary

 

@Jason Tate is it possible they would get the patent so no one else could?

 

Interesting thought. Something I hadn't thought about at all.

 

Whats to stop me from taking one of my other old iphones with me and just using that? It's not connected to wifi at all so it cant get the signal from the mother ship. I don't like this concept, cause when is enough? If they get this patent and are allowed to do this, whats next?

 

I honestly think it's ridiculous the amount of public complaints from these artists. I believe there is benefits from putting the phone away for awhile but it should be your personal decision. You should have every right to take a picture at a concert you paid to go to. Who doesn't want to take a picture to remember seeing their favorite artist, band, etc.?

 

Please do this everywhere. Thank you. Be in the moment.

 

Why do other people care if someone uses their phone to record an experience in their life?

 

Cause sometimes when you're at a show and there are hundreds of lit up screens between you and the artist it can be distracting

 

In regards to the concert aspect, definitely annoying when someone is holding it up in the air and blocking someone else's view the entire time, not a lot of common courtesy anymore, but if someone wants to take a picture or two and the artist doesn't have a camera policy stating no photos, then that's kind of unfortunate. I know most of the time those photos from a cellphone don't turn out the greatest if you're at distance from the stage, but still kind of cool to have a photo or two, at least for me.

 

I honestly cannot imagine going to a concert and not taking pictures. I take pictures every day. Every important event, it's important to me to have pictures of it. Now, I use common courtesy as mentioned above. I'm not sitting there recording the whole thing. taking a picture only takes a few seconds and then you can put your phone away.
I'm with the camp "why do people care if someone is """"in the moment"""" or not "?

Your "in the moment" might be different than mine. And that's okay!

 

Wonder if bands could instead use something like this on stage:

This Anti-Paparazzi Scarf Makes Flash Photography Impossible