Reply #38: Non-copyable artistic work is original work, with provenance

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8-track version of an album (each one hand decorated by the band), touring instruments complete with road scars, one-off DAT recordings of studio jam sessions...

"Pirates" have reproduced the Mona Lisa in countless picture books, posters, and the like, but the original still has value as an original work, because it's *not* a copy. Where your premise is broken is assuming that copies of work have any value to start with. If it can be copied, it can be pirated... and it's not original work, it's a freaking copy. If it's a CD, it's not an original recording, it's a copy. The original work is in the studio, not Wal-Mart.