Comments on: Public Domain Performance http://thewinger.com/words/2007/public-domain/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:44:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: susan http://thewinger.com/words/2007/public-domain/#comment-1652 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:03:09 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/public-domain/#comment-1652 Thanks for sharing these, Tony! These are great. Thanks for sharing these, Tony! These are great.

]]> by: tonya http://thewinger.com/words/2007/public-domain/#comment-1645 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:26:32 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/public-domain/#comment-1645 'quiet in the dance blogosphere'... -- Hey man, I posted yesterday! :) I love old dance videos... I agree, there are a lot of things in the public domain that would never have been seen if artists' estates owned the copyright AND were obsessively controlling about the viewing of it. Even if you do have a copyright on something, being so controlling severely limits your exposure to potential new audiences, I think. Copyright law can be nuts... I've even seen a few defendants in criminal cases obtain copyrights on their names and then argue (orally and in motion papers) that every time the judge used the name, s/he was owed money. I am NOT kidding. Hope to see you tonight at Forsythe?! ‘quiet in the dance blogosphere’… — Hey man, I posted yesterday! :)

I love old dance videos… I agree, there are a lot of things in the public domain that would never have been seen if artists’ estates owned the copyright AND were obsessively controlling about the viewing of it. Even if you do have a copyright on something, being so controlling severely limits your exposure to potential new audiences, I think.

Copyright law can be nuts… I’ve even seen a few defendants in criminal cases obtain copyrights on their names and then argue (orally and in motion papers) that every time the judge used the name, s/he was owed money. I am NOT kidding.

Hope to see you tonight at Forsythe?!

]]>