Constitutional Copyright Policy Applied to Collage and Appropriation Art in the Digital Age
Artists have a long history of drawing on society’s body of learning and knowledge to
animate their imaginations and dreams, often without asking for permission before they
incorporate another’s work into their own. It is a practice that has existed as long as art itself.
Whether the artist use of another’s work consists of creating variations or incorporating salient
aspects of the work, the artist’s goal is usually the effective transformation of the borrowed
pieces into a new work of art.