Hi Constant (and all) just briefly - all my work (except where commissioned, collaborative and hence partially out of my control) is freely available for any use whatsoever. Some of it is formally licensed ( my stuff on Flickr is CC simply because it's that or "all rights reserved" , a phrase that sends a chill through me). Most of my work is implicity under a DWTFYWWI license ( 'Do What The Fuck You Want With It', yes it exists... http://info-max.hu/chriscc/dwtfywwi.txt ) My recent piece at the Harris Museum in Preston (in a show to do with the acquisition of digital art) is available from the museum website as a free download. Why? Because human beings are irredeemably social and *any* cultural activity is built upon and in dialogue with, the work of others - no exceptions - if there were, like Wittgenstein's lion, we wouldn't be able to understand them. We need more acknowledgement of this (1) because it's true and (2) because it situates art making in opposition to the market. I have a particularly violent reaction -it makes me want to throw up - to the phrase "intellectual property" which must be one of the nastiest and most mean spirited concepts ever. This could be more nuanced but I'm up early in the morning and I need to sleep - hope it's of use :) cheers michael
--- On Sun, 5/22/11, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rob Myers <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] free licences in art practice- questions from > Constant in Brussels > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 9:41 PM > On 22/05/11 16:11, Ruth Catlow > wrote: > > > > -> So how do you use free & open licenses in > your work > > All of my art that can be is under a copyleft licence. > > The only exceptions are those images that involve > appropriation, where I > don't want to pass on any risk to downstream users. > > I also made some images where the use of the licence was > part of the > work, although not all of the licences used are Free: > > http://robmyers.org/art/cc_ironies/ > > > -> why? > > Originally: > > http://robmyers.org/weblog/2003/11/require-attribution-allow-commercial-share/ > > But I would now phrase it in terms of practically > supporting artistic > freedom of speech (or expression) against legal chilling > effects and > censorship. > > - Rob. > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
