Posted on 6 April 2008 by r
The ownership issues involving Superman have always been contentious but not factually disputed — two teenagers created Superman and then sold their rights for a miniscule amount. Litigation ensued in bursts for decades, with the original creators dying and their heirs taking up their cause, and the owner/licensor of Superman, Warner Bros/ Time Warner, making [...]
Filed under: American comics, Cultural appropriation, Superman, attribution, copyright, cultural ownership, economic analysis, fans, intellectual property, political economy, we own it we can do what we want | No Comments »
Posted on 25 February 2008 by r
Summary of review of OurSpace by Christine Harold: Highly suggested for purchase by libraries, scholars, and readers interested in the history, significance, and theory of culture jamming and other types of social cultural resistance to corporate ownership, but not best source of information for application of law to these practices.
Throughout the book, Harold shows her [...]
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Posted on 29 January 2008 by r
Which of these is acceptable under copyright law? Republishing books when their authors are almost definitively dead to save a dying culture? Publishing collections of unpublished ephemera, such as love letters and candid photos when the creators are unknown? Ensuring that historic sound recordings are preserved? Or repurposing the writings of a dead author to [...]
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Posted on 4 January 2008 by r
The study, Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video, suggests strongly that remix culture is not only socially acceptable, but should also be legally acceptable because transformative reuse falls within the fair use exception/defense to copyright. The issue of using portions of copyrighted material in videos as a form of quoting has previously [...]
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Posted on 27 November 2007 by r
“Love the culture? Write a song about it. Then, use it to sell a handbag. “
Susan Scafidi’s summary of Gwen Stefani’s post-No Doubt career at Counterfeit Chic is incisive precisely because the lack of originality shown. Gwen’s co-optation (or misappropriation) of Japanese style, specifically the street styles of the Harajuku district of Tokyo, may be [...]
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