No apology available for copyright
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Publication means: I hereby deliver my work to the public, for our cultural enrichment. Let us now make of my art what we will. Share it, enjoy it, react to it, build upon it – this artwork now belongs to all of us. I place no obligations upon anyone that do not naturally exist, to be honest in representing me and my art as I am honest in representing those artists I have enjoyed and learned from, and especially those whose work I have built upon. You are welcome to reward me for the production of my work, as I would like to reward others for theirs, but I shall not accept the surrender of anyone`s liberty, as I have not accepted the surrender of my own”.
Copyright means: The public`s liberty to share and build upon published culture is hereby suspended, in order that a reproduction monopoly can be granted to the rich and powerful owners of printing presses that they alone may make and sell copies of art at a price of their choosing. From this day forth you are permitted to enjoy and react to art, but you may not share or build upon such published work unless you obtain the copyright holder`s permission. There is no apology available for copyright. There is no way of sweetening it nor means of lining its manacles with soft fur that makes it palatable, comfortable, or ethical.
Abolish it.
Good one, Crosbie.
JN
March, 2009
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March 10th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Everybody check out this link:
http://torrentfreak.com/economists-abolish-copyrightpatents-save-the-economy-090310/
We need to start pulling together all the evidence we can on this issue. Spread the word. We’re not nutty.