I think by idealistic he meant... oh shut up Vicki. That is what he would
say. S, H + W probably share many views with Negativland on the way that
things could be, but S, H + W have not put the fight directly into their
art, it's not what motivates them.
>->from The Wire (not to be confused with Wired) June 99
>->
>->Matt Wand (of Stock Hausen & Walkman)
>->
>->"What I don't like about Negativland is their ridiculously idealistic
>->stance. It took years and years for musicians to get copyright on music.
>->I mean, it's got completely out of hand, but to dismantle it would be
>->impossible."
>
>He's actually completely misinterpreting what Negativland stand for.
>Negativland does not advocate complete dismantling of copyright.
>Just modification.
>
>I was made aware of this quite unambiguously when i first handed a copy of
>my CD to Mark Hosler last october. He saw on the packaging that it said
>"anticopyright" and he asked if i was really anticopyright, and proceeded
>to explain the difference between that and what negativland stood for,
>which is to keep basic copyright, but make it looser to allow artists to
>do appropriation-based works freely. I agreed, and when i got home i
>changed the packaging of my CD to say "limited copyright" rather than
>"anticopyright". In other words, I reserve the right to reproduce and
>distribute my works in their entirety, but i don't restrict other artists
>from piecemeal appropriation of it.
>
>What else did Mr. Wand have to say? anything about HIS stance? What
>happens when SHW get sued?
>
>smh
>
>p.s. it ALSO took years and years for corporations to get the same rights
>as people, but that's no reason they should keep them now....
>
>
>Steev Hise, Technical Thug
>steevAThise.org http://www.cyborganic.com/people/steev
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