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Post #26586 by manic cat on Fri, Mar 14, 2003 9:17 AM

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I'm a little bit confused--are you saying that a replica made from a mold is the only case where copies/forgery/ image theft is illegal? If so, how can an artist protect her/his 2-dimensional works (drawings, painting, etc.) for example? I'm under the impression that the design is protected, and it doesn't matter in which way it's reproduced.
But you are right-- I think that lawyers really are the only ones who would really $profit$ if taken to court (maybe unless you went up against a big corporation, like Tom Waits getting 2.6 million from Frito-Lay for voice misappropriation--stealing his vocal design.)

[ Edited by: manic cat on 2003-03-14 09:27 ]