[pp.int.general] copyright vs. "droit dáuteur"

[Per von Zweigbergk]

6 jan 2009 kl. 19.25 skrev Reinier Bakels:

>> 6 jan 2009 kl. 09.32 skrev Reinier Bakels:
>>
>>> > Not everybody should be allowed to alter a carefully crafted  
>>> piece of art.
>>
>> I assume we're talking about copies here and not originals. And in   
>> that case, why not?
>>
>> Modification of existing art is a central piece of much  
>> contemporary culture. I'm not a historian, but I assume that some  
>> kind of "remix culture" must have existed in the past. If nothing  
>> else in the domain of parody.
>>
>> Why should one author be permitted to regulate another author's  
>> artistic output?
>>
> I am aware that this is a subtle thing. Citations and sampling  
> should be allowed, even beyond the present citation right. But I  
> want to be aable to prohibit someone to publish a VERY BAD  
> translation of the novel or poems I wrote (I actually don't - don't  
> worry).
>
> Anyway, in a PP context this is perhaps less sensitive because it is  
> about the real (not the "economic") author, and it is not about  
> financial interests. Uh, that is, if the complaint is not withdrawn  
> for money - in the example: if I don't allow the very bad  
> translation to be published after I have received some money (=  
> after I have been "bribed").
> reinier

I'm sorry, I just don't think that artistic integrity is something  
that should be protected in law as such. Instead I think it would be  
more productive to simply talk about commercial exploitation of you  
work. If I publish a bad translation of your work without your  
consent, that is a commercial exploitation.

Or would you prohibit somebody making a bad translation of your work  
and distributing it noncommercially?

-- 
Per von Zweigbergk

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