Fearghas McKay wrote:
David
On 8 Oct 2009, at 22:14, David Tomlinson wrote:
You may want that, I want want lots of things but why should society
respect what you want ? any more than they respect what I want ?
Why should you be able to control the actions of other people ?
So to be extreme - I should allow you to be violent to others or to me ?
No one would be allowed to be violent to others, but that is not a
function of copyright.
You have the opportunity to enter into a contract for the distribution
(sale) of your images, but once published, they enter the public domain.
And yes, why should you control something you have sold.
You can't control physical objects after they are sold.
If you don't wish to pursue the argument ...
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