Slynky opened this issue on Oct 10, 2002 ยท 9 posts
Misha883 posted Thu, 10 October 2002 at 8:01 PM
My response to a recent thread on the front page was along the theme that any digital art I really want to make permanent, I should post for free on the Internet, and encourage everyone to make digital copies. Of course this alone doesn't guarantee permanance, or that the work will not mutate or conjugate into something else, but it is the best chance I have at true immortality. That being said, there are issues with putting something in the public domain. You may be better off, Slynk, posting it under license, similar to the GNU or MIT software license. Then, those that download it will know exactly what their rights are, you can specify some of your reuse/revenue restrictions, (and you may limit your liability in case The Grudge ever causes harm). As for Rork's point, everyone does need to eat and buy a few toys. I'm still waiting for a way to charge everyone five cents everytime they download one of my images. [I don't think I'd get rich at that rate, but it seems about a fair price.] Don't sell yourself too cheaply. 'osity may not be the best place to sell prints. Art to other Artists can be a hard sell.