It Could Have Been Little Christmas Hats…
August 11th, 2007
at 11:43 pm (Self Writ, Art, Correctitude)
I generally agree with loosening copyright laws, particularly when the originator has no chance of profiting from their genius, having been dead these few hundred years and some little punk is claiming the rights, but never for altering the artist’s intentions…
This site, Death By Copyright devoted to that cause, states that the law was wrong to protect this artist, Michael Snow, from the desecration of his sold art by the purchasers:
Michael Snow was commissioned to do a sculpture called “flight stop” consisting of a number of geese in flight in the atrium of the Toronto Eaton Centre. During christmas of 1981 the Eaton Centre placed red ribbons around the necks of the geese. Snow brought an action against the Centre to get an injunction in order have the ribbons removed.
I know there are valid arguments against the death penalty: but it sure comes in useful if correctly applied. Beuys would have set coyotes on them…
