All Creative Work Is Derivative
By TalkToMeGuy on May 4, 2010 in environment, fun, humour, inspiration, Life, relationship, spirituality, squints
A 1 minute meme on derivative art.
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All Creative Work Is Derivative, by Nina Paley
Message: All Creative Work is Derivative.
Why: Copyright control extends not just to verbatim copies, but to “derivative works.” This has led to censorship on a grand scale. For example, the seminal German silent film “Nosferatu” was deemed a derivative work of “Dracula” and courts ordered all copies destroyed. Shortly before his death, author J.D. Salinger convinced U.S. courts to censor another author who transformed his characters. And so on.
The whole history of human culture evolves through copying, making tiny transformations (sometimes called “errors”) with each replication. Copying is the engine of cultural progress. It is not “stealing.” It is, in fact, quite beautiful, and leads to a cultural diversity that inspires awe.
from our friends at questioncopyright.org
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