What constitutes a "work?" What about the traditions of singing and oral
storytelling? Were the content they produced not valid as "works?" Were
troubadors and bards unable to make livings because people were stealing
their content, most of which they had learned from others to begin with?
Complain about forgeries, but what is it to be (in)authentic and why
should you privilege one over the other? As for art in an age of mass
reproduction...I'm tired. We can discuss Benjamin or whomever later.
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From: Muffin [mailto:muffin@signmytits.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 6:59 PM
To: IDM
Subject: Re: [idm] Indie Ethics
Copyright and intellectual property became an issue when it was possible
to reproduce and distribute a work without the producer of that work
being acknowledged, or rewarded, for the initial work that was creating
the income.
Mass reproduction and distribution didn't exist a couple of centuries
ago in the same way it does now. And I think you'll find that people
were complaining about forgeries before copyright existed.
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