Hey Rhizers.
Yup, check out the Feb 07 issue of Harper's for a brief overview of "Joywar" from both Joy Garnett and Susan Meiselas’s sides of the coin. Joy gives a big shout out to the list. (I’d post a link but it’s not up yet.)
Also, the issue has a great article on “plagiarism” by Jonathan Lethem.
…old media thinking about new media ideas? rock.
For those unfamiliar, Joywar was a situation in which the artist Joy Garnett received a cease and desist letter accusing her of copyright infringement for a painting she had made based on a photograph she found on the Internet. Throughout the back and forth negotiations with the lawyer that followed, Joy was supported by the Rhizome community, who advocated on her behalf. Images that illustrate Joywar can be found at the following link: http://www.newsgrist.net/joywar-index.html
Originally posted on Rhizome.org Raw by M. River
