I feel like you're just stating a position, like... oh, it's the plagiarism debate on metafandom, better roll out my Point Of View! Judy! Get my Point of View down from the back bedroom! *grins*
But anyway! Yeah, I might end up in court one day. But ending up in court doesn't always mean you've done something wrong, or even illegal. That's precisely what the court is there to determine.
take my photography (which I do sell) and try to edit it and claim it as theirs...well that is plagiarism
Jeff Koons, an appropriation artist, recently did just that (http://www.clancco.com/art_law/koons_wins_appeal_and_right_to_use_copyrighted_mat_1.html), and won his case (http://blogs.fairusenetwork.org/?p=12). So yes, I certainly could be sued, but that's not the same thing as being wrong.
It's my duty to evaluate my acts and their consequences to the world I inhabit. In this case, somewhat egotistically, I have decided that it is less harmful to make art (or really, more to the point, to live in a world where such art is allowed to exist) than to refrain from making art for fear of litigation.
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But anyway! Yeah, I might end up in court one day. But ending up in court doesn't always mean you've done something wrong, or even illegal. That's precisely what the court is there to determine.
take my photography (which I do sell) and try to edit it and claim it as theirs...well that is plagiarism
Jeff Koons, an appropriation artist, recently did just that (http://www.clancco.com/art_law/koons_wins_appeal_and_right_to_use_copyrighted_mat_1.html), and won his case (http://blogs.fairusenetwork.org/?p=12). So yes, I certainly could be sued, but that's not the same thing as being wrong.
It's my duty to evaluate my acts and their consequences to the world I inhabit. In this case, somewhat egotistically, I have decided that it is less harmful to make art (or really, more to the point, to live in a world where such art is allowed to exist) than to refrain from making art for fear of litigation.