Comments on: Best Case for Moral Rights Ever: Monopoly Fantasy Edition

By: borkian gordian

borkian gordian — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:45:40 +0000

The question is not whether you can buy art from the artist. The question is whether your own innovation can be considered someone else’s property and you can be sued for trying to profit off your own copyright. This protectionist policy chills art-making, especially of the conceptual kind that explicitly trades on reference to prior art.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:26:50 +0000

>>Am I strange for not finding it that bad?<

Hell. Yes.

By: Chris Bell

Chris Bell — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:11:18 +0000

Am I strange for not finding it that bad?

By: Jack S.

Jack S. — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:53:18 +0000

VARA isn’t an absolute right given to the artist. It can be easily contracted out of. If the artist doesn’t agree to relinquish the right, then find another artist. It’s called free markets, and it works pretty well in the abstract.

By: AEI Rocks!

AEI Rocks! — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:31:14 +0000

But these “moral rights” would seem to prevent the creation of more art. It is protectionist. So consumer welfare is lessened. Bork is all about maximizing consumer welfare.