> > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Douglas Bagnall > <[email protected]>wrote: > > Speaking of art, mainstream visual art doesn't rely on copyright at all > -- it only cares about providence and exclusive possession. All the > most expensive paintings are out of copyright. This continues with new > media art, as far as I know: collectors buy expensive DVD-Rs and not > licenses. >
Does exclusive possession not have direct ties with copyright though? If there is no control over copies, then that opens the floodgates to uncontrolled multiples, driving costs of artworks down due to their lack of scarcity. There is an interesting article on "Life After Copyright" here for any copyright anarchists: http://deanwesleysmith.com/index.php/2009/07/06/life-after-copyright/ Also, there are plenty of big earners who's work is still under copyright. Warhol, Koons, and of course Hirst are still well in copyright (and the list goes on). Hirst, particularly, has been hard-lined about claiming it, to a frightening degree: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/hirst-demands-share-of-artists-16365-copies-1054424.html ...and of course there is the ongoing saga between Shepherd Fairey and AP http://creativefreedom.org.nz/forum/topic.php?id=296 http://creativefreedom.org.nz/forum/topic.php?id=284 You may also be interested to hear that the Ministry of Economic Development released their policy proposal document for the amended s92A yesterday. It is open for public submission until 7 August. In a nutshell, it is a considerable improvement on it's predecessor, however Internet Termination is still on the table, the definition of ISP remains broad (practically anyone with a website or shared internet connection), and there doesn't appear to be any punishment for false accusations. More here: http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=347 And CFF Media Release about it here: http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=349 Bronwyn
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