Posted on 12 May 2008 by r
There is no better example of the political economy of the present copyright system than a recent detailed analysis of the very-likely public domain status of Happy Birthday. If not copyrighted, than why the copyright claim?
Because it is
a revenue-generating juggernaut, producing more than $2-million a year in fees for Warner Music and the offspring of [...]
Filed under: copyright, cultural ownership, intellectual property, political economy, public domain, we own it we can do what we want | 1 Comment »
Posted on 6 May 2008 by r
As you describe in your post, Who Gets to Write Fandom History?, understanding how fandoms are created and evolve is complicated. I think that is even more reason to praise fandom cultural anthropologists, like Henry Jenkins, Camille Bacon-Smith, and danah boyd, who help to create fandom snapshots of limited moments in time
Figuring out what counts [...]
Filed under: Harry Potter, copyright, cultural ownership, fan labor, fandom, fans, intellectual property | No Comments »
Posted on 5 May 2008 by kdccdk
I am really enjoying Nine Inch Nails The Slip thus far. This morning the full-length album was made available free of charge on the NIN.com, withe the following message:
the slip is licensed under a creative commons attribution non-commercial share alike license.
we encourage you to
remix it
share it with your friends,
post it on [...]
Filed under: Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, intellectual property, music, recording industry, the recording industry is hastening its own slow death, we own it we can do what we want | No Comments »
Posted on 2 May 2008 by kdccdk
I was pretty excited to learn of the Fan History wiki. It’s a fantastic idea, since cultural studies scholars have made it their business to document and study fan communities, it seems only natural that fans themselves have a stake in the process of documenting the history particular fandoms, not only for new fans [...]
Filed under: copyright, cultural ownership, fandom, intellectual property | 1 Comment »
Posted on 1 May 2008 by kdccdk
Here’s a review of a great documentary that’s not getting nearly enough exposure.
“Music is colorblind” is one of those clichéd but usually sincere sentiments that often get bandied about when one wishes to demonstrate the unifying power of song. It’s also a common refrain used when a person of color dares to bring up issues [...]
Filed under: film, music, race and ethnicity, review | No Comments »
