http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/ Engadget Comments for Guy behind that SMS-printing protest bike arrested at the RNC http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/Dec 19th 2005 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/Dec 19th 2005 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/Dec 19th 2005 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/
They haven't yet given his stuff back, however.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/Dec 19th 2005 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/
It is water soluble chalk, and he avoided being arrested the first time by pointing out that it would be like arresting kids for playing hopscotch...

The info on this chap and his bike can be found here.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/


oops. that's what i get for using HTML.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/
No person shall write, paint or draw any inscription, figure or mark or affix, attach or place by whatever means a sticker or decal of any type on any public or private building or other structure or any other real or personal property owned, operated or maintained by a public benefit corporation, the city of New York or any agency or instrumentality thereof or by any person, firm, or corporation, or any personal property maintained on a city street or other city-owned property pursuant to a franchise, concession or revocable consent granted by the city, unless the express permission of the owner or operator of the property has been obtained.

N.Y. Admin. Code sec. 19-138(b) provides:

Except as otherwise provided by law, it shall be unlawful for any person to deface any street by painting, printing or writing thereon, or attaching thereto, in any manner, any advertisement or other printed matter.
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More recently, NBC was fined for using water-based marking chalk to stencil slogans in San Francisco for their upcoming series 4400 on USA Networks.

> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/24/BAGIT7SDFK1.DTL

Here's another interesting link to a site discussing legal and not-so-legal methods of corporate vandalism.

> http://www.forbes.com/2002/11/12/cz_as_1111graffiti_print.html


So it's not just the little guy who gets it for trying to be nice use non-permanent methods to get their message across!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/30/guy-behind-that-sms-printing-protest-bike-arrested-at-the-rnc/
As for evidence of him in the act, just see his website. That evidence should help prosecutors make their case against this misguided individual.

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