If you can’t kill it, bill it: German city charges Google Street View by the kilometre
This might seem anecdotal but in some ways makes total sense. Perhaps not for residential streets - but for historic / tourism interest areas - some of which have long charged image rights.
Will pomepii on google streetview (http://bit.ly/7rj0jp) drive up visitors? or eventually reduce those that feel the need to go? In some places virtual tourism makes huge sense because it avoids damaging fragile environments - but it can also kill revenue streams for the local population.
P.S: contact me Google if you want to buy image rights to my flat....
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