Response (Corey (Who Owns Art)

In response to Corey - full post here

The question of who owns art has been questioned verily as of late. PIPA and SOPA has been driving many internet users crazy. I think that artists should own most of their works. Currently it seems like publishers and other contractors own the rights to the works. I have a problem with this when the industries controlling these rights have a problem with the spreading of works that the artists do not object to. I can think of one strong example now; John Lennon's Imagine was removed from youtube due to copyright issues. I cannot imagine (ha ha) that John Lennon would have approved of that. John Lennon, I think, would have wanted his work spread as far as it could be. Imagine was, after all, his vision of a perfect society. There is no reason why someone would not want their perfect society. I'm sure this has happened with literature as well.