Controlling Images

Today's NY Times features an article on the increasingly restrictive conditions photographers face when photographing musical performers in concert. "At Stevie Wonder's concert at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, photographers were told they could shoot only the first 5 to 10 seconds of Mr. Wonder's entrance and the first 60 seconds of his first song." That's pretty amazing. I assume this is directly related to the increasing lack of control celebrities have over the use of their images outside official channels.