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Re: "artisitically inspired"

Posted by tcain on July 9, 2003 at 08:47:53:
>>That means it can't be copied. A copy of a Reubens or a Monet is distinguishable from the original.
==Can and will. Distuinguishable, absolutely. Every art market has well stocked and supported a clone market since time. The copy market operates as normal. From snowy barn landscapes to chainsaw bears. What your buying is assumed, that the original is too expensive (hence the copy). Wherever creativity reigns, the clone artists are close behind. I know 5 people who could paint me the most exquisite Renoir or Hopper copy, and I know who would be interested in buying it, it would have a worth as a copy. I have just the wall for a Hopper. I could paint a Shcnabel or Hockney or Dine with my feet. Some people would really be impressed, even motivated to buy.
>>And, in any event, a painting would be legally protected from copying during the duration of its copyright.
==good one.
>>what you're really talking about is a desire to enter the "vanity market" -- the market patronized by
==equally patronizimg. Sorry for mine.
I always like the *watch* analogy, and I always think of Walken's "comfortable peice of metal". I suggest the plastic digi that comes with burritos, even better accuracy.

TC