Richard,
I fully understand and agree that representing an item as authentic and selling it clearly cross the line. Certainly the Academy would never do that. The real question for me was around the artist. Is the artist a forger if the item is represented as authentic and sold? Even if he was told it was for private display? Is it really a question of whether the artist completed due diligence on the buyer? Should the practice of copying posters simply be classified as forgery and considered illegal because the artist can't know what the commissioner might do with the poster? Anyway, just food for thought. One thing is certain in my mind, if an artist copies a poster knowing that it will be represented and sold as authentic it is forgery and theft. Regards DBT <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> Profile From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Comic Art Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:20 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Copy or forgery? Doug your example is well taken, however I think there is one very important factor here: the Academy will never sell the item. It will never be out in the marketplace, probably even if a Cavalcade one sheet comes up & they beat you out of it in an auction it will not be sold. Also, isn't it signed by the artist as well?? Rich At 01:17 PM 9/2/2009, Doug Taylor wrote: The current issue of posters being copied/replicated and sold as original got me thinking about copies/forgeries and legal/illegal. Specifically, I thought about the Academy who (as I understand it) commissioned an exact copy of the Cavalcade OS to hang in their collection to represent the original OS that they do not currently own. Of course, they would never represent this as anything other than a copy, but it made me wonder about the artist. Whomever made the copy certainly knew that they were recreating a poster as perfectly to the original as possible and must have considered it a good and honest commission coming from a reputable, paying client. Would/should the artist have declined the commission because his work might have been categorized as forgery? Is it only forgery if the purchaser represents the piece as authentic? Is it only forgery if the purchaser attempts to sell the piece as authentic? Regardless, if the artist accepts the commission to make a legitimate copy and the purchaser then attempts to sell the work as authentic, was the artist at fault? I'm not trying to slant the conversation in any one direction. This topic just caused me think more about the issues and made it far less black and white situation for me. Regards DBT Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
