Oh yeah, there’s also the EEL (Extreme Exposure License), which is actually frequently used by unknown artists. If you can’t remember it, here’s a recap:
“The work published under the EEL must be made known to everybody anywhere and at any time.”
Notice how most record companies and publishers shamelessly fail to recognize their obligations in relation to this fine license.
This might be one of the earliest licenses recorded in history, as it is believed that the Gospels were published under this license. At that time there was a second clause though. The exact wordings has not survived the ages, but legend has it, that it went something like this:
“Those who do not actively participate in the spreading of the work, will go to Hell.”
LOL I like this. So we can have a legal framework for damnation. The party of the first part (hereafter refererred to as ‘the undersigned’) agrees that he/she is eligible for entrance to hell and ineligible for entrance to heaven after death.
How about a license where the artist must remain in purgatory for as long as the artwork exists. If the work is destroyed (even if this happens before the artist’s death), the artist agrees that his/her soul will proceed to heaven or hell as appropriate. This license would need to be negotiated with the Vatican.
Comment by brennanyoung — 14/01/2010 @ 22:14