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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description:
Introduction : the convenient fiction of authorship -- From privilege to IP -- The appropriation game -- Art, life, and infringement -- Moral rights and beyond -- Public matters -- Authorship and the undead -- Status shifts -- From authentic to fake -- Coda : life in the virtual commons
"Is It Ours? explores multiple points of intersection between artistic authorship and intellectual property. In addition to insights about the direct impact of copyright on art-making practices, it considers many closely related conventions that exceed legal codification. Issues related to art are part of a broader inquiry into ownership claims that permeate contemporary physical and virtual worlds, with emphasis on the importance of sustaining a vital cultural commons"--