BCM301 : Week 8
we stormed the museum we plunder the past
digital cultures public domain intellectual property (copyright)
File Sharers | Pirates Users | Creators Subcultures | Appropriators
by laffy4k by ciokkolata never trusted berlusconi
traditional umbrella
copyright
patents
trademarks by hunterseakerhk
...by the conclusion of the enlightenment period, the western tradition had secured the
relationship between intellectual property, as a concept of originality in the product of the human mind, and the ‘natural’ rights of ‘men’ to own physical property.
maximum copyright duration
right to copy
attempt to balance author’s rights as property versus public benefit from access to it
legal ‘right’ to make copies monopoly duration: life+70years public domain expression
by Ioan Sameli
by ste3ve
1456- Gutenberg succeeded in increasing
the speed and the quality of manuscript printing. Although as significant as
the invention of radio, television, or the internet, it was not immediately revolutionary…
Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
by Orin Zebest
Australia and United States Free Trade Agreement 2004/5
does not exists (legal fiction) balance between social good and private property (social utilitarianism ) not a dumping ground for the out of date but a warehouse of future innovation...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PrideandPrejudiceandZombiesCover.jpg
literary mashup\remix digital culture convergence
building blocks of knowledge
immunisation against proprietary control
spread of knowledge
limited duration reinforces innovation
http://odeo.com/episodes/244615 43-James-Boyle-s-PublicDomain-lecture-audio
http://www.archive.org/details/Ja mesBoyle-ThePublicDomain
http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2009/03/ full-interview-james-boyle-oncopyright-and-the-public-domain
http://www.thepublicdomain.org /video/
Digital Cultures
by ste3ve
personal information
user-generated content
and other participatory and social media?