[rumori] BOUNCE rumoriatdetritus.net: Non-member submission from [kristie <dahliaatbeloved.org>] (fwd)

kristie [rumori] BOUNCE rumoriatdetritus.net: Non-member submission from [kristie <dahliaatbeloved.org>] (fwd)
Fri, 28 May 1999 21:16:13 -0700 (00927951373, v0313030fb37519fbb7e7at[192.168.1.20])


i am on the list; forgot who i decided to be here. :) thanks for
forwarding my post. i don't often have much to say since most of you are
working in a different medium than i am, but i enjoy hearing how musicians
think about appropriation.

k



>bounced to me... kristie, i think you're on the list but as
>somebodyelseatbeloved...
>
>smh
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:49:49 -0700
>From: kristie <dahliaatbeloved.org>
>Subject: Re: [rumori] a copyright tale
>
>I'm a writer who does alot of work with appropriated text. One of my recent
>short stories is a piece about working as an artist's model in new york,
>about representation and the relationships between the artist, the model,
>and the painting. In the final scene I describe taking a photo of a
>painting I sat for to Kinko's and being refused permission to copy it
>because I didn't have rights to the image.
>
>"But look at it, that's ME."
>
>"Sorry, we have to have written consent from the painter."
>
>kristie
>
>
>>In a message dated 99-05-28 08:20:07 EDT, you write:
>>
>><< I wonder which
>> > one came first. And if they could sue the second
>> > one for copyright
>> > infringement. >>
>>
>>
>>off topic, sort of, but I don't know anyone outside of this internet group,
>>who would appreciate this story... :)
>>
>>I was at Kinko's last night photocopying raw material for a media collage I'm
>>working on for one of my art classes this semester, when an older gentleman
>>kindly referred to the latest enlarged color copy of several cd covers and
>>asked what they were.
>>"They're cd covers" I said, to which he had no response. "What are those?" he
>>asked. I responded that they were the same as album covers and he looked
>>enlightened at first, then concerned. I went on - "I'm going to cut them up
>>and make a collage out of the pieces." He paused and then said "you can do
>>THAT."
>>I said, "sure," and he went on - "THATs not plagiarism." I looked sideways
>>and said,
>>"not really, no." He continued - "You bought the cds right?" I nodded, yes.
>>He finished - "So, you own the covers."
>>"thats how I look at it" I said, smiling. The whole exchange was quite
>>pleasant.
>>Interesting how the concerns of copyright owners have become important to
>>even those least involved. I was interested anyway.
>>
>>I'll go back to my exacto knives and double stick tape now. :)
>>nelson
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