Re: Prince sues cover artists

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:10 AM, Kaser, Derek
<derek.kaser <at> email.stvincent.edu> wrote:

> When it comes down to basics, though, consistency should be the presiding principle. Prince can't change
the law to suit what he wants at any given moment. If he wants to argue that he had the right to have the YouTube
video taken down, then he needs to accept that the tribute artists have the right to control how their work
is released. If he wants to be able to control the tribute artists, then he needs to accept/admit that he had
no right to request that the YouTube video get taken down.

What it comes down to is that the copyright model of a single source
of value and a distributed cost does not work in contexts where there
are distributed creators or any kind of cultural composting or even
where there are tensions between the makers and the subject of the
work. Think ultrasounds, photos etc.