On Jan 15, 2008, at 2:52 PM, BklynMagus wrote:
>> Why should a cabinet maker have to physically build
> cabinets his entire life to derive an income stream
> but if I take a photograph that image should generate
> a perpetual income stream for me? Is photography so much
> harder or more important than cabinetry?
>
In France, if your cabinet is resold as an art object you are entitled
to a share
of the proceeds. A law absolutely hated by Sotheby et. al.
>
> I have often argued that when an artist's work is up for auction,
> they should receive a portion of the proceeeds from the sale since
> it is the product of their work that generates the revenue stream.
> If Sotheby's can get a commission, why not the artist who started
> the process in the first place with her work?
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to be called Zeus."
Herakleitos of Ephesos