Non-Fiction

relayerbob

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16. You are intentionally bypassing the point

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 03:16 PM

Mar 2023

THESE PRODUCTS ARE OWNED BY THE MAKERS. The fact you have the tech to easily copy them doesn't change a SINGLE thing.

Period.

If you can sell your bench/art/play/song/photograph to a museum or a theater, THEN IT IS YOURS TO DO SO. It is NOT someone else's right to steal the same bench and put it in a park, just because it was sitting out front, unguarded and someone ELSE thinks they have a right to do take it. Utilitarian aspects are completely and totally irrelevant. Products have trademarks, copyrights and patents to protect them from people who want to abuse the makers' creativity.

There is no argument here. The law is the law and has been that way for a long time. The ethical question is similarly unambiguous. Your choice to violate someone you admire is sad, and a clear reflection of the mindset that has taken over too much of our country/society/world.

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need a private publisher for my book [View all] CTyankee Mar 2023 OP

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