Love your article on Moyra! I when I saw the web jewels page I realized I passed through her archive page last year when I was working on the free web materials exhibition. Its true that a lot of early artists of web materials faced the copyright infringement dillemas and I think that is part of why the internet became so dull and grey.
Once people realized there was really no stopping the 'illegal' spreading of their creative work in the midst of the internet becoming a place where there was actually money to be made, the era of free web materials vanished very fast. Looking back on it now though there are so many wonderful creations to be found and the creators deserve to be put in the spotlight!
Love your article on Moyra! I when I saw the web jewels page I realized I passed through her archive page last year when I was working on the free web materials exhibition. Its true that a lot of early artists of web materials faced the copyright infringement dillemas and I think that is part of why the internet became so dull and grey.
Once people realized there was really no stopping the 'illegal' spreading of their creative work in the midst of the internet becoming a place where there was actually money to be made, the era of free web materials vanished very fast. Looking back on it now though there are so many wonderful creations to be found and the creators deserve to be put in the spotlight!