virtual presence ban
2015-07-28 01:21:07.664935+02 by
Dan Lyke
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Hologram Performance by Chief Keef Is Shut Down by Police.
The surprise appearance of Chief Keef at Craze Fest, a hip-hop festival in Hammond, about 25 miles outside of Chicago, was scheduled after a series of canceled hologram performances by the rapper, born Keith Cozart. Last weekend, a Chicago theater called off a similar show after representatives for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office deemed Chief Keef “an unacceptable role model,” whose music “promotes violence” and whose presence via hologram “posed a significant public safety risk.”
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#Comment Re: virtual presence ban made: 2015-07-29 15:29:46.44464+02 by:
Larry Burton
I can understand a municipality banning the physical presence of a person, judges
in Georgia can legally ban people from a county, but I don't see where a
municipality has the authority to ban a "hologram" or "Pepper's Ghost" of a
person from a municipality. I would think that would be protected speech.
#Comment Re: virtual presence ban made: 2015-07-29 07:50:13.083295+02 by:
Jack William Bell
Just as well. The future of that future features people undergoing dangerous and expensive surgery to get
their implants removed.
#Comment Re: virtual presence ban made: 2015-07-29 07:44:21.783347+02 by:
Dan Lyke
It's always good to get a reminder that although we're living in the future, we're not yet living in that future!
#Comment Re: virtual presence ban made: 2015-07-29 06:36:19.89572+02 by:
Jack William Bell
I guess I understood where you were going with this. But I couldn't help being pedantic.
I blame 'Engineer Genes'.
#Comment Re: virtual presence ban made: 2015-07-28 17:36:56.226607+02 by:
Dan Lyke
Yeah, most likely the Pepper's Ghost thing. I didn't think it worth rephrasing the article, but I did find the politics of "we're not going to allow this TV broadcast to be shown publicly" interesting... I hope this gets legal challenges.
#Comment Re: made: 2015-07-28 03:28:30.958974+02 by:
Jack William Bell
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I assume the 'hologram' in question was either a Pepper's Ghost illusion or Keef
was actually going to be there in person and they called it a 'hologram' to give him plausible deniability
about
being in Illinois.
In any case, we still don't have the technology to create a real holographic display that could be used in a
performance. Given the way holograms work,
the idea is laughable.
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