digital Art pgs. 232-237

Issues of ownership are a very obvious problem with digital works, art outside of the gallery is wonderful but in a way an artist is leaving their baby out unprotected and vulnerable which is a frightening thing. Over the past couple of days I have been educated on some aspects to this issue that have forced me to broaden my understanding a bit. First, on Merlin's blog she presents some work that the artist created by taking apart some elements of a gaming system. She rightly points out that this in fact destroys another artists work, despite being mass produced. Then I read this part in our book on blogs and look at The Dumpster which really gets me thinking, Are a person's written words public domain by default or like photography are individuals afforded a certain right to control how their image is used? Or by putting something online do people relinquish that right? I suppose in a way they do, like hanging a letter on a bulletin board would. I guess, as with any new technology, people tend to get caught up in the novelty of it before truly thinking about the consequences of improper use.

  http://merlindtcfa.blogspot.com/2012/10/landscape-study-4-cory-arcangel.html