From: m ike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You demonstrated, by stating that you would not feel like a schmuck, that you are unwilling to take another persons feelings and beliefs into consideration when making money. As long as its legal, you feel you have the right to do it.
Not even close. I showed that I did not think the artist had a moral leg to stand on there. Now if he had a reason to wish it not copied other than "but I want to make money from it!" I would listen. Wether I agreed with him would depend on his reason.
Your money making activities are constrained by laws, not by social conscious. I am sure this is not true in all situations, but, by your statement, is true in at least some situations.
No, it means I don't see the creator of a painting as having some magical rights over the painting. He has the right to the canvas its painted on (assumign he didn't sell it). He has a right to keep it locked up in his house and prevent me from seeing it. He doesn't have a moral right to prevent me from copying it. There is nothing that gives him a moral right to control how his painting is used, no more than an assembly line worker has a right to say how I can drive my car, or wether I can put bagels or english muffins in my toaster.
Gabe -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
