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Below is a petition that is no longer in use as of January 2007. Thank you for your pARTicipation.

I'm opposed to the developments of the Discovery Channel / New York Times cable television show. Please answer these questions:

1. How much money will the BMorg be receiving from this project and how much of that money will be given back to the artists featured in the film (if any)?

2. If we find that our image, likeness or art was featured without signed authorization from the Discovery Times Channel, what are our legal options? Will BMorg file litigation on our behalf for copyright infringement?

3. Will this project ever be sold in other formats? Who owns the rights to the images filmed? Are there any licensing fees or stipulations for promotional tie-ins or products associated with this agreement (i.e. calendars from photos of the event, etc.)?

4. If nudity is filmed, will that nudity be aired without censorship (blurs. black bars etc.) in the European or other markets? Will the "nude" footage ever be released in a secondary format such as a DVD, or streaming video on a website?

5. To what degree will the BMorg have artistic control over the final product? Will the BMorg be able to veto any footage for any reason?

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Contact BMorg Directly

Take it to the Man! Write BMorg explaining how you feel you about the issue of media presence within the Community of the Black Rock City.

Be sure to include the following information in your correspondence:

- Qualify yourself by explaining how and in what capacity you have participated at the Burning Man.

- Offer your thoughts and feelings about the commoditization of Burning Man and about the media.

- Demand a response to your questions and accountability from BMorg to the Community for which it has fostered and relies upon!
Send your letter to:

PO 884688
San Francisco, California 94188
United States
(415) 865-3800

Or via e-mail:

The Burning Man Organization

The Collective's Recommended Media Policy
The Burning Man Arts Festival, in congruence with its highest values encourages and allows only that media at Burning Man which is utilized by private individuals for their personal, non-commercial use, and by nonprofit documentarians or filmmakers seeking to expand the experience of the burn by interpreting it through the lens of an artist. All filmmaking should occur whenever possible with the consent of the filmed, and the filmmakers are expected to be true participants in Black Rock City as burners, participants and filmmakers. Any and all proceeds from films should be returned to Black Rock City in the form of transparent gifts to the BMorg, funded art by the Community, or charity to the world at large.


COLLECTIVE EFFORT*

"Community is cooperative -- uniting us as varied members of one body. When, by contrast, we consume a service, we're made passive. 50 million people may view a television program or consume a beverage in complete isolation from one another."


INFORMALITY*

"In the community transactions of value take place without money, advertising or hype. Care emerges in place of structured service."

* SOURCE: The Official 2005 Burning Man Survival Guide, page 2.