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#Project Files

    11-Dec-94 14:50:47
Sb: #2379-#Project Files
Fm: Pawel Bodytko 70733,644
To: Chris Duke 71644,1102
>>>So how do POP artists get away with using the work of others ? .. Does Warhol's estate pay a fee to the Campbell Soup Co. every time a print of "100 Cans" is sold ? Chris, I have no idea. (I am just an artist). Maybe the difference is that Warhal was creating/selling artwork and not canned soup and Campbell Soup Co. never had any interest in entering the art business with their cans? I am sure that if they intended to sell their cans to museums they would make their lawyers pretty bussy… <BG> Have you've heard about the lawsuit filed against Corel and their grand price winner (talk about bad choice!) by a photo stock agency for copying one of their photos? The guy claims "a fair use" but anybody who sees both pictures together will see a shameless knock-off… (the photograph is much better, I must add). The funny thing is that Corel is killing all the stock agencies with their $17.95 royalty free 100 pictures on PhotoCD… (you can get a square 20,000 shots for under $800 and I remember paying that much for oneshot, one time use to the Image Bank). Pawel