by Ninyo » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:07 pm
"You cannot copyright an idea." (I took some Business Law in Media)
All of those that are listed are actually work that are fixated. A method can't be copyrighted either, that was involved in creating the work. For example, if I made a graffiti piece on a wall that says "Ninyo" (yeah right) using a strong hydropump water against a dirty surface in a tunnel using metal stencils (so that the positive area is the dirty untouched area, and the negative area is what is being cleaned off of the surface), I cannot copyright the method of creating the piece. I can however copyright the artwork that was created from the method. So that means, anybody who saw that idea (i saw it on youtube somewhere) can do it too, but they can't copy the exact work I did from the stencils (I wouldn't do that though, I would feel like a biter). There are patents though to protect ideas, but that's a different topic that I don't want to get into, because that's as far as my knowledge goes (because it's not my thing).
But, who gives man. Do you think all these b-boy DJ's actually have a license to use these .mp3's to play at a jam to make some extra cash? It's not like all of the songs are in the public domain. Maybe some have license to use them, but then there are DVD's that are being sold with these music being played by the DJs to make money off of the jam as well. Even if I'm wrong about this whole thing, everyone just wants to have a good time. That's all that matters anyways. And almost always, the money is being used for a good reason.
I think thought that pentagon idea was cool, but whatever really haha.. what an ass.