From Bill VanLoo Sent Mon, Jan 11th 1999, 21:22
From Bill VanLoo Sent Mon, Jan 11th 1999, 21:22
*pokes head out of lurk mode* *sniffs the air* "what's that smell?" "oh, it's the smoke from a flamewar over copyright issues, just starting to burn!" *ducks head back down into lurk mode* Bill / dj marathon Sam Frank wrote: > > > > > Good luck looking, because you won't find it. Now, does that mean that > > > > such a warning simply goes without saying? > > > > > > > > yes. much in the same way that if you go out and shoot someone, you won't be > > > able to avoid jail by saying "i've never seen a written law that says you > > > can't shoot someone". > > > > > > I see - that explains the guy who got 'busted' in Arizona for carrying > > an entire trunkload of pure MDMA and then got off perfectly scot-free > > because the lawmen had misspelled the chemical name for Ecstasy in the > > laws proscribing it. > > Better example: There are laws against murder. therefore, I don't have > to wear a sign that says "Don't kill me, it's illegal." Copyright is > pretty damn complicated and i don't pretend to understand all the legal or > ethical issues, but there are basic laws that protect artist's ownership > of what they've written (and written reminders are just that, reminders, > not law themselves), and there are basic ethical principles which say > 'don't rip something off unless you're going to add your own creativity to > it." However you feel about the damn MASK limited editions, it seems > pretty obvious that artists have the right to define how their work looks, > sounds, and in what quantity/format/whatever it is produced. "Hey, > there's only one Mona > lisa. Let's get a computer to repaint exact copies." Make copies if you > want, but be prepared to suffer the consequences if you're caught. > There's something to be said for universal access to art, but there are > also good arguments for art as object, rare commodity. It all comes down > to how you value it... And the artists, if anyone, have the right to > value their own art. At least, they have the law on their side. > > Sam -- Sigma6 Interactive Media / http://www.sigma6.com dj marathon: "fibre" up now @ http://www.flatplastic.com/