bast opened this issue on May 25, 2000 ยท 18 posts
bast posted Fri, 26 May 2000 at 2:22 PM
Scott my aim here was not to make lawyers of us all, since most of us can never be. And as I pointed out, where that 51 percent lies is the way lawyers make LOTS of money every day, and why our copyright courts are bogged down so. My goal was more general, to try to make the sellers aware they cannot restrict usage, and the buyer has NO obligation to give them anything if he then makes MILLIONS of a rendering of the thing that the seller sold. More just get it straight, we do not want alot of fussing and fighting and fretting :) Ok? Anyone who is very very concerned on copyright laws needs to get themselves a lawyer, and then probably they will learn what I did the hard way. The law is ON MY SIDE, as an Independent Contract Artist. I am within my rights to demand certain things. But you know, when I DID tout those laws, and demand those rights? I almost starved to death, me and my child, since no one would hire me, and the few who did got rid of me fast. No one is obligated to hire, nor to keep an independent contract artist :) Laws give us tons of protection, but not there. I learned something once though from a colleage of mine, and the advice has done me worlds of good. He said to me, "Lizzy, we are the real worlds oldest profession, the first real prostitutes. Learn to shut up, do what they want, and take the money." If that is a bitter observation... now you see why I would not really wish full time contract artist status on many, since it is unfortunately a true observation as far as my experience goes.