NP: Columbia law gets it

[Mark Kohut]

>From Marquez's lawyer after court rules that his story, inspired by life, is His not the inspirer's. See full Guardian article, if interested.
 
"This ruling is important, because it helps enhance the central thesis, which is valid for literature and art in general, that what matters is the way it presents an object of reality, not reality itself. It's like a woman who poses for a painter [but] then demands half the copyright. She owns her body but the work itself belongs to the painter," he said.