ELDRED

Robert Baron writes,

>> How does one distinguish between an idea and an expression embodied
>> within an image or work of art? It would seem that in art the idea
>> and the expression of that idea are integral with one another and
>> consequently inseparable.

If that were true, and if all those Mary-and-Jesus renditions that filled the cathedrals of Europe were created in current times, then all but the first would be deemed infringements.

Nah. Nobody owns the idea. The art is in its *expression*.

--DS Received on Thu Jan 30 2003 - 07:23:11 GMT