[LAU] Changed: Copyright laws and such

[drew Roberts]

On Tuesday 12 February 2013 19:13:02 Al Thompson wrote:
> On 02/12/2013 06:40 PM, drew Roberts wrote:
> > On Tuesday 12 February 2013 18:27:53 Al Thompson wrote:
> >> On 02/12/2013 11:31 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >>> When I sold my work, I also delivered the ownership of this work. When
> >>> I sold a graphic, it would have been unethically for me to still own
> >>> nearly all rights for the usage of this graphic.
> >>
> >> Keep in mind that there are different meanings to "selling your work."
> >> Take a song, as an example.
> >>
> >> Let's say that I've recorded and released an album.
> >>
> >> Let's say that some big-name pop star buys the album.  He buys it for
> >> $10.  That gives him the right to listen to it.  He can't record it
> >> himself.  I still own all the rights to the usage of the song.
> >
> > Only because the law gives you an unnatural monopoly.
>
> You can only believe that I have an "unnatural monopoly" over something
> I created if you actually believe that everyone has equal claims on my
> life/time/effort as I do.

Totally incorrect. I have made money selling ideas in the past. Nothing wrong 
with that at all. A long time ago, I even ran some ads in the back of Popular 
Science or something like that under IDEASHAVEVALUE.

Just look at the fashion industry where at least in some countries, they get 
no copyright protection of their clothing designs and yet designers can still 
make a living designing clothes.

They don't have the unnatural monopoly  aand yet they still manage to makee a 
living. This should be impossible right?
>
> > Somehow fashion designers manage to make what seems to be decent money
> > designing original fashions even where they do not get copyright
> > protection for their fashion designs.
> >
> > Is it that fashion designers are more astute when it comes to getting
> > paid for hteir creations? Are they more intelligent than songwriters?
>
> You are falling into Kinsella's trap of believing that only hard goods
> have value.

Of course not. I am speaking of fashion designs, not of the clothes made from 
the designs.

Just like I would be talking about a song or a recording of a song and not a 
CD of the recordings.

all the best,

drew