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07/02/10(Fri)18:33 No.3200198As
a full time artist for the last ten years, I thought I would shed some
light on this situation. Although I am not a lawyer, I have become well
versed in Copyright law through a number of legal actions where I had to
pursue businesses and individuals who were infringing my copyrighted
products. First, I checked the link, and YES, the Federal Copyright
office states that Yaya does have an officially registered copyright.
This is not an application. It has been approved. As such, she has
been granted a number of federally protected exclusive rights under 17
U.S.C. § 101 et seq: • to display the copyrighted work publicly; •
to reproduce the copyrighted work; • to distribute copies of the
copyrighted work to the public by sale; and • to prepare derivative
works based upon the original copyrighted work. So yes, she does have
the right to exclude others from selling copies of her protected
products. Clearly, those of you attacking her for protecting her
rights have no idea what is like to make a living as an artist. If we
could not stop others from stealing out work, then we would have no
reason to create artistic goods. Oh, and if you have a problem with
that, try reading the Constitution: Article 1, Section 8: The Congress
shall have power: To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by
securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right
to their respective writings and discoveries. |