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Paintings are being sold for millions

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Cristatus

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Isn't he making money off of something that is not originally his?

Isn't that what the MPAA and RIAA are against, except for them it's for music and movies?

That makes no sense.
 
😕 Someone purchased said painting, and is legally allowed to sell it.

If someone stole a painting they would not be allowed to sell it.

An original painting has value, subsequent copies do not have the same value, copies of music and movies retain the same value as the original that is copied.
 
i guess we should say the same for people who buy houses and cars then too right? So i bought a car a few years ago, now i resell it, but the buyer should send the money to the car manufacturer, right? not me?
 
If it were up to the MPAA, viewers of paintings would have to pay a fee to license them but would not be allowed to take pictures. The eye to brain interface would have to be HDCP compliant to prevent intersection of the signal and unauthorized copying.
 
Originally posted by: leftyman
😕 Someone purchased said painting, and is legally allowed to sell it.

If someone stole a painting they would not be allowed to sell it.

An original painting has value, subsequent copies do not have the same value, copies of music and movies retain the same value as the original that is copied.
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I thought there was this one case where one of them brought up that you couldn't re-sell the CDs that you had bought for a profit. Even years after owning them.
 
Well you also have to take into account that many old famous painting are no longer copyrighted.... Therefore you can even take pictures of many of them.
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
Originally posted by: leftyman
😕 Someone purchased said painting, and is legally allowed to sell it.

If someone stole a painting they would not be allowed to sell it.

An original painting has value, subsequent copies do not have the same value, copies of music and movies retain the same value as the original that is copied.
Click to expand...

I thought there was this one case where one of them brought up that you couldn't re-sell the CDs that you had bought for a profit. Even years after owning them.
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Not sure who said that, but they were wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine
 
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