The 2008 Copyright Amendment

I. One may freely bequeath a reproduced piece of artwork, on behalf of the original artist, to other distributors but not the public, temporarily freeing it from copyrighted status so long as the reproduction retains its new form, as an entrusted party who attempts to make no profit off its re-distribution and does not knowingly reproduce this work and claim it the sole work of the original artist. Credit for the original work belongs to the artist and it is assumed that any modifications are the opinions of the author of the reproduction up until the point of re-distribution and the opinions of a member of the public if it has been modified thereafter.

II. In Section I there are three parties defined: the original artist, the distributor, and the re-distributor who is also the public.

III. The original artist is bound to no obligations after the artwork has been released to the public and will not need to be included in this amendment hereafter.

IV. The distributor is bound to no laws and accepts all penalties incurred by unlawful acts either willingly or unwillingly should these acts be detrimental to the safety and well-being of others. Whether or not offensiveness is harmful is debatable.

V. The re-distributor is bound to the same laws as the distributor and the distributor assumes liability for any further modifications or reproductions of the work, which essentially become artwork in its own right. Any distinction between original art conceived is purely philosophical and a matter of debate. The public, acting as "the public", is bound to no laws and incurs no penalties, should no individual or group claim his or her or its responsibility or found to be responsible for harm caused by all unnatural acts.

VI. The distributor, as the author and liable party responsible for results caused by re-distribution of his own work, also accepts, willingly or unwillingly, a portion of penalties incurred by any harm to life and property, should this occur, to be determined based upon his own witness or willingness to harm.

VII. In the case of a declared emergency, this amendment may be temporarily broadened or forever abolished in order to distribute life-saving information up until the state of emergency has been resolved.

VIII. Abolishment of this amendment should only be considered in face of grievous threat to life and limb. It is debatable what events are considered grievous to life and limb, therefore this decision must be entrusted to a public committee of reasonable size and authority which represents the public domain of the artwork bound by copyright law and this amendment.

IX. This amendment is considered by the author, acting as a member of "the public", to be a personal and private document and a work of art and opinion.

X. This amendment, as acknowledged to be a copyrighted work by the author, who, acting as an individual within the public, assumes all responsibility for its creation and denies any association with it afterwards, and, when reproduced, is recognized by the public domain into which it is introduced as copyrighted work bounded to natural copyright law.

The End.