> fra: "Lucas Rijnders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Op Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:47:55 +0100 schreef Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> interesting shot for Ansel Adams fans: > >> > >> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html > >> > >> follow the last link for a related story. > > > > Why would anyone want to copy Ansel Adams (or any other > > photographer/photograph)? > > Seems to me to be the ultimate in creative bankrupcy... > > To learn from him? To honour him? To have a starting point for further > creative exploration? To have the print cheaply ;-) > > In painting there _is_ a long tradition of copying/interpreting past > masterworks...
Interpreting and further developping of ideas, yes. Pure copying is just one stept away from faking it. The laws, at least in Europe, are clear in that a new piece must add something new in addition to a simple copy. DagT
