Free culture: this category includes articles and videos that discuss copyright and free culture.

On owning culture

We may like the idea of intellectual property at times, but for the most part we make our favorite pieces of culture our own without worrying about copyright, and this representation of the Little Prince on a grave proves it.

Art and technology

When I graduated from college eight years ago, art students were still being taught to take slide images of their work.  SLIDES.  Tiny images that live in plastic sleeves and only rarely see the inside of a machine that makes the image big enough to be worthwhile.

My copyright and my copy place

As a copyright law radical, I sometimes forget what protecting intellectual property means to people.  The most recent reminder of this came from my local copy place.

Letting go of my art / Me séparer de mes œuvres

I love art and especially my own art, but, in the end, what I do isn’t about art.  It’s about people.  J’aime l’art et surtout l’art que je crée, mais, en fin de compte, ce qui est important en ce que je fais n’est pas l’art.  C’est les rapports que j’ai avec les autres.

L’originalité n’est pas un mythe.

L’originalité n’est pas un mythe si vous savez ce que vous cherchez, et le projet du photographe Mark Andrews, de-classified, en est la preuve.

About competition / Sur la concurrence

This is the story of how I dumped copyright and fell in love with free culture.  Ce vidéoblog raconte comment j’ai cassé avec le copyright et trouvé mon âme sœur, la culture libre.

How I make sure my art doesn’t get ripped off on the Internet

Of course I may not be the best person to consult about this sort of thing, because I love how a friend photoshopped her face into this digital image of my work…then again, maybe that’s precisely what makes me most qualified to speak on this subject.

Culture imitates. / La culture imite.

Culture is created by imperfect imitations over time.  La culture est créée par des imitations pas tout à fait parfaites au fil des ans.

Imitate this. / Imitez ceci.

Art = idea + technique + person.  And the “person” part of this equation makes real art inimitable.  L’art = une idée + une technique + une personne.  Et la partie de cette équation qui est la personne rend l’art inimitable.

Copyright law radical

And I mean to make a revolution.

Why portraiture is different

Portraiture is unlike any other genre, and its special qualities come with responsibilities as well as surprising consequences.

Changing ideas about copyright

Over the past two years, my ideas about copyright and its usefulness to artists has evolved.  While I’ve always thought of myself as an open source kind of girl, there was a time, not so long ago, that I didn’t fully live up to my ideals. 

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