'Don’t steal this article - but please do discuss it' Tessa Mayes, spiked, 6 August 2007

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[On intellectual property rights, creative work and re-mixing. Hung on an event at the BritDoc 07 Festival.] Creatives sell themselves short if they defend their work entirely on monetary grounds; they must find ways to defend their right to make a living while also celebrating their work’s intrinsic value. ¶ Some creatives are indeed using alternative ‘business models’ [and] we need to start trying out alternative methods rather than shying away from them. •It is not the responsibility of artists to justify why they’re using other peoples’ works in business terms. Rather it is those who defend the current economic status quo, which can sometimes limit creativity, who should account for themselves and help come up with something different.

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• Saved to Future Media by Nico Macdonald on August 09, 2007.