Friday, September 26, 2003
So let me get this straight...
This guy sells posters (he calls them "fine art prints" because each one is printed from an individual file) that are basically scanned paperback covers that he's touched up so they look original. If there's any indication that he actually owns the rights to the originals of any of these works, I can't find it on his site. But he doesn't want YOU using HIS work.
I don't discount--exactly--his skill in retouching scans of old paperbacks. But I do NOT believe that it constitutes the creation of an original work of art.
I wonder... if I were to take one of his "works" and scan it and retouch it so it looks like an old book cover, then sell it on my own web site, would he have a problem with that? I bet he would.
This guy sells posters (he calls them "fine art prints" because each one is printed from an individual file) that are basically scanned paperback covers that he's touched up so they look original. If there's any indication that he actually owns the rights to the originals of any of these works, I can't find it on his site. But he doesn't want YOU using HIS work.
I don't discount--exactly--his skill in retouching scans of old paperbacks. But I do NOT believe that it constitutes the creation of an original work of art.
I wonder... if I were to take one of his "works" and scan it and retouch it so it looks like an old book cover, then sell it on my own web site, would he have a problem with that? I bet he would.
permalink posted by The Vintage Reader @ 3:22 AM 
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