as i am native american i could not agree more with
the noone owns anything really idea
however i would not like it to be ok for someone to
use my image in a f-ed up way that was slanderous
toward me
as i think it is more important to be protected in
such a way i forego my ideals of no ownership
sad that the fear outways the idealism
but i think in our culture - as it is
there is really no choice until a huge evolution it
will be so
fear reigns

c
--- Lewis LaCook <llacook@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ahhh, this is the kind of response i hoped for
>
>
> i agree with you on one hand, but on the other i'm a
> bit pollyannaish and utopian---i believe all artists
> (all humans) should use anything they wish (human
> and
> artist are really synonyms)...
>
> so i'm torn---but i do think this kind of thing
> highlights these tricky bits of "ownership" in the
> arts---who really owns anything? my own stuff grew
> out
> of an appreciation of other artists--and that
> mingled
> with my experience of the world--if i, in trying to
> write a line that describes a real scene, use the
> word
> "tree" to describe THAT*, then am i not too in some
> way doing what dee is doing here? i do feel like
> that
> sometimes when writing---isn't language a form of
> this? any representation at all?
>
> bliss
> l
>
>
> *(yes, i know, the tree is not likely to protest)
> --- Cari Machet <cari@awaterartproduct.com> wrote:
> > i don't think this is censorship as far as i know
> > the
> > definition of the word
> >
> > i think they have every right - legal and
> otherwise
> > to
> > not allow others to use their image
> > just as you do
> > do you have a copyright on your poetry book?
> >
> > cari
> >
> > --- Lewis LaCook <llacook@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dee Rimbaud <x-generation@ntlworld.com>
> > wrote:From:
> > > "Dee Rimbaud"
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Becks: Proud Censors of The Arts
> > > Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 09:57:10 -0000
> > >
> > >
> > > Becks: Proud Censors of The Arts
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Becks claims on its web-site to be proud
> sponsors
> > of
> > > the arts. On the surface, there may be some
> > > substance to this claim, considering their Becks
> > > Futures Prize, but underneath the gloss and
> > > publicity lies an ugly truth. Becks are also
> > > censors of the arts.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A collage I designed for the cover of my
> > forthcoming
> > > poetry collection,