Today’s AJ Highlights

Good morning: The Internet Archive is either a piracy orgy violating the copyrights of millions of authors, or it’s a library or archive record of the world’s creativity. Libraries have preserved work since the beginnings of history. Having a record in a digital age when copies can be eliminated in the click of a button would seem to be a valuable public service. This Rolling Stone piece explores what will be lost in the human record if the Internet Archive is taken down.

Here are the rest of today’s highlights:

• Imagining A New Definition For Participating In Art: This piece challenges traditional boundaries of what is considered “art” within our culture, advocating for a broader inclusion of nontraditional and emerging forms to ensure diverse creative expressions are valued. – NEA
• Is London’s Art Market As Bad As People Are Saying?: Ahead of the 21st edition of a major art fair that has expanded globally, there’s a pervasive pessimism about London’s art market. – The Guardian
• Artist Who Used AI To Create Images Says Copyright Office Ruling Is Anti-Creative: A controversial U.S. Copyright Office decision stating that AI-generated content cannot be copyrighted. The artist argues this undermines the human creativity involved in using AI tools like Midjourney for artistic creation. – ARTnews
• Southern California Can’t Have All The Visual Art Attention, A Newly Launched Northern Cal Arts Effort Says: The Further Triennial aims to shift some cultural spotlight to Northern California, drawing inspiration from historical and contemporary creative movements, embodying a spirit of innovation and rebellion against traditional norms. – San Francisco Chronicle
• Little Of The Money In Music Is Flowing To Musicians, Says Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour: David Gilmour of Pink Floyd criticizes the music industry’s economic structure, asserting that the majority of profits are not reaching the artists but are instead accumulated by the industry’s powerful figures. – The Guardian (UK)

As usual skip down below to see all the stories we’ve collected in the past day. See you tomorrow.

Doug

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