*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:
quoted 34 lines Good luck looking, because you won't find it. Now, does that mean that
>
> > > > 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
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