Is Japan's "lost and found" culture unique? Norimitsu Onishi wrote an article for the New York Times about the way that items are returned to their owners, or at least handed in for to be cataloged. Read about the history of the system and the possible plans to take the registry online here.
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I did a parody of the article...True, that D300 price is not so different fron new. If the guarantee is 12months on...I misread the title. I thought it was about skitching, so I was quite disappointed...I should have wrote that book. Hell, we Americans are the masters of pulling one...Jason>> I hadn't considered used. I think I'm still below the technology...Have to pass on this. Maybe it'll come around again when I'm in Japan ^^;...I think I can come up with something interesting....Good policy to have....Interesting. I remember seeing this stuff in the states a long time ago. I always...Alfie, you have no qualms about buying used bodies? I have bought used lenses...
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You know, funny thing is, I just recently read that art thieves try to smuggle stolen artwork into Japan, because of some crazy law that says if you sit on it for 2 years it becomes your property. Can anyone confirm or shoot that down? Cause...yeah.
Found the quote! From "The Rescue Artist" by Edward Dolnick, page 25: "The law varies from country to country, too, in ways that keep art on the move. In Italy, for example, if a person buys a painting in good faith from a legitimate dealer, the new owner immediately becomes the rightful owner whether or not the painting was stolen. Japan is nearly as permissive: after two years, all sales are final. Steal a painting, hide it for two years, sell it in Japan, and the buyer can freely hang it for the world to see."
How messed up is that? Ha ha.