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====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity| Nudity]]==== | ====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity| Nudity]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting| Painting]],[[Category:Internet| Internet]] ==== | ====Medium: [[:Category:Painting| Painting]],[[:Category:Internet| Internet]] ==== | ||
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[[File:Modigliani-reclining-nude.jpeg|right]] | |||
'''Artist:''' Amedeo Modigliani | '''Artist:''' Amedeo Modigliani | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Microsoft | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Microsoft | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' January 8, 2012 | '''Dates of Action:''' January 8-10, 2012 | ||
'''Location:''' London, United Kingdom; the Internet | '''Location:''' London, United Kingdom; the Internet | ||
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'''Description of Artwork:''' Oil painting of female nude | '''Description of Artwork:''' Oil painting of female nude | ||
'''The Incident:''' UK blogger Michael Ohajuru | '''The Incident:''' Microsoft Skydrive froze UK blogger Michael Ohajuru's storage account frozen because Modigliani's picture of "Reclining Nude" violated Microsoft's Code of Conduct which prohibits images that "depict nudity of any sort.” | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Ohajuru removed the prohibited image from his SkyDrive account, and replaced with a censored version of the image, detailing the censorship struggles Amedeo Modigliani faced when his image was introduced to the art world in 1917. | |||
[[File:Modigliani-censored.jpeg]] | |||
'''Source:''' http://paidcontent.org/article/419-art-blogger-microsoft-skydrive-confuses-naked-with-nude-freezes-account/ | '''Source:''' [http://paidcontent.org/article/419-art-blogger-microsoft-skydrive-confuses-naked-with-nude-freezes-account/ "Microsoft SkyDrive ‘Confuses Naked With Nude’, Art Account Frozen", ''Paid Content''] | ||
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