From: m ike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Copyright is an artificial institution Society doesn't see it as artificial. In fact, they have declared it inalienable. They've declared it to be part of the creative process.
We did? Damn, did I forget that part of the Declaration- life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and copyright? No?
In fact, society has done just the opposite. There was a push at the Berne copyright convention to adopt the idea of "the moral rights of the creator". It was struck down. In other words, copyright is explicitly NOT a moral right.
It is against the law for Joe to take and sell a recognizable photograph of someone without their permission.
No its not. Gabe -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
