[LAU] ASCAP Assails Free-Culture, Digital-Rights Groups

[Niels Mayer]

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:58 PM,  <fons at kokkinizita.net> wrote:
> I fail to see the relation between making a copy of some artist's
> work for your own use, and 'freedom of expression'.

Making a copy of something and changing it is a primary mode of
artistic expression.

Consider, for example, the following from the "Fine arts":
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.H.O.O.Q.
(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol#1960s

Or "sampling" in old-school hip hop. Or DJing and turntablism.

-- Niels
http://nielsmayer.com