..on Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 09:21:42AM +1200, Douglas Bagnall wrote: > Julian Oliver wrote: > > > Without author-defined, legally-recognised copying rights I sincerely doubt > > there would be a culture of contribution such that Free Software projects > > like > > Firefox, Linux, BSD, (Flossmanuals) or Apache could exist, let alone art in > > an > > aggressive mass-market culture industry. > > > 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.
It's too late, what's important is that they /were/ in copyright. It's from this that the providence was affirmed long enough for it to accumulate cultural value, then economic, across history. Cheers, -- Julian Oliver home: New Zealand based: Madrid, Spain currently: Madrid, Spain about: http://julianoliver.com _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
