Flounder - Someone's ripping you off - Tiki Carving

R Raffertiki Member L.I. Joined: Oct 31, 2003 Posts: 1527	R Raffertiki Posted posted on Fri, Dec 3, 2004 10:36 AM You sell your art, the original. Why should you even be able keep any creative control over it after it is no longer your property? You created it yes, but as an artist you sold it to the highest bidder or gave it away to a friend(which I can agree would give you say). I just don't like the idea of not having full ownership of something if you to buy it from the creator. It's called intellectual property law. Do you really think someone who buys a painting, for say $100, has the right to reproduce it as prints, bedsheets, underoos, or anything else, making wads of money? Do you really not understand how this is detrimental to the artist? This attitude is why artists have historically been screwed.

You sell your art, the original. Why should you even be able keep any creative control over it after it is no longer your property? You created it yes, but as an artist you sold it to the highest bidder or gave it away to a friend(which I can agree would give you say). I just don't like the idea of not having full ownership of something if you to buy it from the creator.

It's called intellectual property law. Do you really think someone who buys a painting, for say $100, has the right to reproduce it as prints, bedsheets, underoos, or anything else, making wads of money? Do you really not understand how this is detrimental to the artist?

This attitude is why artists have historically been screwed.

Post #128784 by Raffertiki on Fri, Dec 3, 2004 10:36 AM