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7/ V8 Supercars ?
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The Icelandic government is refusing to guarantee British deposits and in response Gordon Brown is threatening to use anti-terrorism legislation to freeze Icelandic assets in Britain. It does make things here seem quite sedate.
Cod wars !
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@ Simon
I'm thrilled that musicians are driving a new model and I hope it pays well (not sure abouttheir adult kids). Academics out of necessity will probably do the same. My worry is that good progress will be frozen to the benefit of the motion picture industry which is about where the music industry was ten or so years ago IMHO.
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Joe -
And my point is to some extent is;
i) I truly worry that if I used a small loop of any material held by Fox in an installation I would have to pay - sufficient to make several things I would like very much to do unviable.
ii) Fair use is a concept that is actually derived from the American constitution. But not in NZ; and please do check this - not preserved under the current act going through legislation in NZ.
Isn't the sort of fair use that 'fine' artists such as Lichtenstein have operated under the same as that which protects editorial cartoonists? For example, it's quite OK - or has been - to use Lisa Simpson to portray Fox Broadcasting in a confrontation with CBS, represented by Lucy from Peanuts.
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In fact, the problem is that Lichtenstein got away with murder in terms of ripping off comic artists -- or rather, there's a class based double standard being invoked.
Kier -
I'm confused (have got friday brain in) how does this rebut the point I made earlier. Lichtenstein did most of his "theft" in the 60's and Imants Tiller's most recent work would hardly raise the level of argument I put forwards. These dudes all got away with it in the past. It seems clear to me at least, that this sort of evolution is getting harder. I'm trying really hard not to use a personal example here.
To put it another way I think chracters like Jenny Lens need to tread carefully. As discussed upthread many music photographers did great work hanging out in largely uncontrolled contexts. In the modern music business this is impossible.
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My contention is that in cotemporary context this evolution of motif and ideas would be all but impossible…..
Sleeping Venus
Venus of Urbino
La maja desnuda
Olympia
I’m a bit concerned that work like this famous cover and it’s successors would also not exist in a contemporary frame.But the bit that really gets me is this and I apologise for the Doctorow reference here.
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I'm hoping I haven't missed this somewhere upthread - would I be right in thinking that copyright is a reserved right of creators but the same legal rights should not be extended to publishers, distributors and retailers ?
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FWIW: I think that inheritance, particularly with respect to large sums and estate is perverse. On the one hand it seems almost a feudal proposal that my offspring are special as am I, and therefore inherit a position in life that has not been earned. On the other hand, giving your kids a fair chance would also seem to be a reasonable proposal. It is a really interesting argument that inherited copyright and associated protective behaviour denies future generations a living despite their legitimate intentions and labours.
I also disagree with the notion that in fact there is shortage of good ideas. People have loads of good ideas, what is lacking is industry, craft and determination to render those ideas into something that represents a decent living. From this point of view copyright and to some extent patent law actually protects the labour of those who present ideas, not the ideas themselves. Furthermore as has been pointed, out the value of an idea is tied to its popularity which is a matter of chance as much as it is a matter of merit or indeed deliberate promotion.
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Artists would surrender control of their work to the state in exchange for a steady income....
Discuss...
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Just to confirm, CCL are these folks ?
Who take in $4million a year in New Zealand - 99% of which comes directly from education, roughly half from Universities a quarter from schools and virtually none from business. Another $1million comes in from overseas.
And have just given out $70,000 in prizes to authors, spent over $300,000 on IT and are proud to announce the following:
After being in premises in Northcote for more than 10 years, it was wonderful to move into new premises in Como Street, Takapuna in November. We now have sunny, spacious offices with marvellous views of the city and surrounding area which are a pleasure to work in.
Doesn't that just make you want to get up in the morning Islander ?