Would Times Square be better without ads?

Filmmaker and corporate provocateur Morgan Spurlock has teamed with The Barbarian Group in an effort to crowdsource away the ads in New York's Times Square. The inspiration for this was São Paolo's decision to ban outdoor advertising as a blight to the environment. The Barbarians shot a panoramic photo of Times Square, replete with all the garish billboards. The site invites visitors to use online-editing tool Aviary to erase the ads. The idea is through collaborative work we can rid Times Square, at least virtually, of the taint of capitalist excess.