Post #204656 by Tipsy McStagger on Tue, Dec 27, 2005 12:39 PM

true enough....I just want to point out one more thing...if someone wants to copy a work of art for their own private use, there isn't anything legal that an artist can do about it...just be flattered i guess...it's only when that same copied piece is in turn sold by the counterfeiter his/herself that a legal line has been crossed, for now they are taking someones intellectual property(in this case, an unmistakable shag image)and selling it for a profit of which the original artist(shag) recieves no monetary compensation....I can make copies of shag paintings till my head falls off and if all I do with them is give them away to friends or hang them on my wall, nothing illegal has taken place(ethical maybe, but not illegal)...only when financial gain enters into the picture, as in selling those same copies, does the problem occur....we owe it to ourselves as well as our fellow artists to be vigilant of things like this....If they continue to go unpunished or dealt with, it sends the message that it's okay to steal, cause no one is going to stop you if you do.....and with that, i'll end my rant..

thanks for bendin' an ear....