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CTyankee

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15. Stolen art is one of my favorite subjects. People who want to steal it usually do so thinking
Thu Mar 2, 2023, 03:00 PM
Mar 2023

erroneously that they can sell it. Finding they can't, they leave in a locker at the airport and hope it's found w/o involving them. The art theft from the Isabella Gardner Museum is an interesting case. I don't think they've ever found the Rembrandt (his only painting of a nautical scene). How did you know about this theft? So the newspaper has the right to cover it as news and show the painting but I don't have a right to write about it (for free) w/o permission? But our copyright law says I can "comment."

As to your argument about the bench:I suppose this gets into the whole question of what art is. Andy Warhol finally gives us some answer: you encounter Campbell's soup in your supermarket shelves. You encounter Warhol's Campbell soup can in an art museum. My beautiful porch bench has utility outside of its pleasing design. It has been designed for that purpose and will never have any purpose beyond sitting in it or putting stuff on it.



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copyright has nothing to do with if the book is for public or private. anything you create has msongs Mar 2023 #1
I am willing to do this. And to state it is for private use only. CTyankee Mar 2023 #2
You are paying them to copy the art and sell it to you Effete Snob Mar 2023 #3
Book Baby did my first book which was the same format and type of content. CTyankee Mar 2023 #6
Was all of the art in existence prior to 1923? Effete Snob Mar 2023 #9
no. Some of the later works were in the 50s and 60s. CTyankee Mar 2023 #10
Unless it is your personal art ... relayerbob Mar 2023 #4
Not that it matters, but my book shows the art and discussses the artist's ideas, motivation, etc. CTyankee Mar 2023 #5
That someone has posted art on the internet is also not relevant relayerbob Mar 2023 #7
This would be typical of what I write: CTyankee Mar 2023 #8
It's complex relayerbob Mar 2023 #11
I thought about having BB make just one copy and then I could pass it around at family events. CTyankee Mar 2023 #12
Going back to the argument "no better than stealing someone's car." CTyankee Mar 2023 #13
Actually, no, not correct relayerbob Mar 2023 #14
Stolen art is one of my favorite subjects. People who want to steal it usually do so thinking CTyankee Mar 2023 #15
You are intentionally bypassing the point relayerbob Mar 2023 #16
Thank you for your comments. CTyankee Mar 2023 #17
Since you have "mentioned" this, I will call your attention to this: CTyankee Mar 2023 #18
Don't equate yourself with the National Gallery of Art relayerbob Mar 2023 #19
Moi aussi. CTyankee Mar 2023 #20
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