Re: OT - Photographers can clone their own work

2013-03-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: >"Photographers across the country can breathe a sigh of relief. The >U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York dismissed >collector Jonathan Sobel’s lawsuit against photographer William >Eggleston. The case, art law experts say, has broader implications for >all

Re: OT - Photographers can clone their own work

2013-03-31 Thread Derby Chang
I think it is really funny the court case happens to be about an Eggleston. If it was an Adams or Weston print, sold as fine art limited edition vintage prints, then possibly I'd have some sympathy if a bunch of them turned up in the market from the same printer. Eggleston work just begs to

Re: OT - Photographers can clone their own work

2013-03-30 Thread Tom Cakalic
I agree with you Brian. Selling limited editions of a work, in this case a print, implies one won't produce and sell 'similar' limited editions. Allowing it on the technicality of how the print was produced seems wrong, largely because the collector (at least if it was me) isn't buying it for how i

Re: OT - Photographers can clone their own work

2013-03-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bruce Walker : "Photographers across the country can breathe a sigh of relief. The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York dismissed collector Jonathan Sobel’s lawsuit against photographer William Eggleston. The case, art law experts say, has broader implications for all

OT - Photographers can clone their own work

2013-03-30 Thread Bruce Walker
"Photographers across the country can breathe a sigh of relief. The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York dismissed collector Jonathan Sobel’s lawsuit against photographer William Eggleston. The case, art law experts say, has broader implications for all artists who incorporate o