Comments on: The Myth of Perpetual Copyright http://www.art-machine.org/the-myth-of-perpetual-copyright/ Just another former infatuation junkie Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:19:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: primecog http://www.art-machine.org/the-myth-of-perpetual-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-1303 primecog Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:01:09 +0000 http://www.art-machine.org/?p=1239#comment-1303 I've been a victim of that policy, too, Alex. In fact, I had a store refuse to sell me the photos even when I had written permission to duplicate them. It was one of those "scan your photo" kiosks, and I had waited an hour to get some quick prints of my headshots. They took one look at them when I went to pay, and without asking or waiting for an explanation, they creased them, tore them, and threw them into the garbage. *Then* they said, "Sorry, we can't sell you those." And I second Bound By Law. It's focused primarily on documentary work, but it's got some great general material that everybody should know. I’ve been a victim of that policy, too, Alex. In fact, I had a store refuse to sell me the photos even when I had written permission to duplicate them. It was one of those “scan your photo” kiosks, and I had waited an hour to get some quick prints of my headshots. They took one look at them when I went to pay, and without asking or waiting for an explanation, they creased them, tore them, and threw them into the garbage. Then they said, “Sorry, we can’t sell you those.”

And I second Bound By Law. It’s focused primarily on documentary work, but it’s got some great general material that everybody should know.

]]> By: Alex http://www.art-machine.org/the-myth-of-perpetual-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 Alex Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:50:57 +0000 http://www.art-machine.org/?p=1239#comment-1302 Simple, easy to read source on copyright, written by a Duke Law professor is Bound by Law: Tales from the Public Domain, http://www.amazon.com/Bound-Law-Tales-Public-Domain/dp/B0025KVO62/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244684857&sr=8-3. This myth about copyright is particularly nefarious when companies try to bully people who don't know better. Walgreen's, for example, likes to pretend that people don't have the right to make copies of photos that those people had a studio make, when in fact, copyright clearly states (unless a contract is written that makes it otherwise) that works-for-hire belong to the person who commissions them, not the person who carries out the commission. Simple, easy to read source on copyright, written by a Duke Law professor is Bound by Law: Tales from the Public Domain, http://www.amazon.com/Bound-Law-Tales-Public-Domain/dp/B0025KVO62/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244684857&sr=8-3. This myth about copyright is particularly nefarious when companies try to bully people who don’t know better. Walgreen’s, for example, likes to pretend that people don’t have the right to make copies of photos that those people had a studio make, when in fact, copyright clearly states (unless a contract is written that makes it otherwise) that works-for-hire belong to the person who commissions them, not the person who carries out the commission.

]]> By: occasional fish » Tuesday various http://www.art-machine.org/the-myth-of-perpetual-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 occasional fish » Tuesday various Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:54:32 +0000 http://www.art-machine.org/?p=1239#comment-1300 [...] on the myth of perpetual copyright: Copyright hawks and lawsuit-happy professional organizations like the MPAA and RIAA have created a [...] [...] on the myth of perpetual copyright: Copyright hawks and lawsuit-happy professional organizations like the MPAA and RIAA have created a [...]

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