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punishment in capitals
Nice quote! (unless someone thinks it means move all the sentencing to Welli).
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although really all they've been doing is their job
And let's not forget professional sports players. Administrators, coaches and other volunteers I can understand, but athletes? Pah.
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They should be happy then about the sentences the likes of Swan (9.5 years) just got for his theft from Otago DHB.
I'll personally be delighted if smug finance company directors and advisors are treated similarly when they finally have their day in court. So rare to see a substantial sentence for white collar crime.
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Look, a brand new object has little history. It will sell for whatever the market will offer. A 500 year old object has a history...
A better concept than history might be "context". Recent work like the Hirst skull is nonetheless embedded in a fine art tradition that brings huge baggage about value.
Mark, you know I agree that the word "theft" does not literally apply, but how would you address the point that others have raised about the impact of easy replication and distribution on society's ability to fund creative livelihoods?
Sure, markets based on scarcity and expensive distribution or production entry barriers no longer work. There will be far more quantity and a bigger range of quality - but I can't picture the human creative process as becoming completely amateur or less expensive to pursue.
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Russell actually owns the expression of it here
Didn't Russell post last year that in fact each poster retains copyright of our own words, and Public Address owns all the stuff around it?
Doesn't seem much point in me searching for the word "copyright" to find the reference. :)
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The monetary value ascribed to the painting recognises the value of the process. While every artist stands on the shoulders of others, every artist also constructs their own, unique combination of intellectual, emotional, spiritual stimuli which they draw on to create. The artist's ability to create depends on having the time and energy to acquire and use those stimuli. There are many necessary "failures" made on the path to making good work. The price placed on artworks (and the big cut taken by galleries) reflects both scarcity value and process value.
Thanks, Kerry, beautifully explained.
as long as I know it's a copy, and don't pretend it's an original, I might be happy with it
Mark, isn't the point with digital that you can't tell the difference - with audiovisual content, especially?
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big fat hippy incense
But how can you tell it was made by large hippies?
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That TelstraClear response is a darned good summary, actually. Thanks, Rob and Mark.
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Wow, my post picked up a little playing card symbol. As bugs go, that's a cool one..
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No, not the blue brie..
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