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i have run into something interesting. lets see if you agree. copyright as we know it is going down the tubes. i can't tell you exactly what is going on, all i know is that there has been some activity in the artistic blog world recently following several legal cases where artists have been attempting to hold on to the rights for their work.

so my question (and anything i write here should likely be attributed to either fred ritchen-- check out his new and extremely provocative book 'after photography'-- or chase jarvis) is what will the future of artistic rights look like? is authorship truly dead?

the nature of postmodern art, combined with the ease with which digital photography can be copied and manipulated suggest that there needs to be change. it looks like a change away from the professional, to the world where everyone and avril lavigne has an slr, and news photography is done by the average citizen. questions, questions. where are the answers?

here is a completely unrelated photograph (if that is indeed possible) of my beautiful new nephew: