I saw a movie Copie Conforme by Abbas Kiarostami about six month ago. It was a great work that made me have a wry smile of ‘well done’ when I walked out of the theater, that was after a long time  In this movie, there is a picture named Mona Lisa in Toscana. That had been acclaimed for more than couple hundred years without being noticed as a fake, and it was only one hundred years ago when it was judged as a forged painting. But due to the outstanding goodness of the workmanship, it is still popular as ‘a counterfeit more beautiful than the real one.’  “All in the world are copies.  There is no ‘genuine article in essentials’.  Even Mona Lisa by da Vinci is no more than a copy of the model lady, and also the lady is a copy of DNA of her parents”, said James played by William Shimell.  This movie told us that “A work should not be evaluated whether that is fake or genuine, but the consciousness of the spectators will add the value to the work.”  There are many copied objects produced in SL, and there is no existing law to regulate them.  The real situation is to rely on the morale of the person who makes the copies.  One of my friend said, “It is fun to see a well-made copies in SL.”  How the copy maker feels affection and respect will be clearly expressed in the work.  If we are able to sense that, we may evaluate the work as we appreciate the Mona Lisa at Toscana.  An elaborate copy might be necessary in order to evaluate the original.

I saw a movie Copie Conforme by Abbas Kiarostami about six month ago. It was a great work that made me have a wry smile of ‘well done’ when I walked out of the theater, that was after a long time  In this movie, there is a picture named Mona Lisa in Toscana. That had been acclaimed for more than couple hundred years without being noticed as a fake, and it was only one hundred years ago when it was judged as a forged painting. But due to the outstanding goodness of the workmanship, it is still popular as ‘a counterfeit more beautiful than the real one.’  “All in the world are copies.  There is no ‘genuine article in essentials’.  Even Mona Lisa by da Vinci is no more than a copy of the model lady, and also the lady is a copy of DNA of her parents”, said James played by William Shimell.  This movie told us that “A work should not be evaluated whether that is fake or genuine, but the consciousness of the spectators will add the value to the work.” 

There are many copied objects produced in SL, and there is no existing law to regulate them.  The real situation is to rely on the morale of the person who makes the copies.  One of my friend said, “It is fun to see a well-made copies in SL.”  How the copy maker feels affection and respect will be clearly expressed in the work.  If we are able to sense that, we may evaluate the work as we appreciate the Mona Lisa at Toscana.  An elaborate copy might be necessary in order to evaluate the original.