An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 2 - Concept of copyright
Forget for a moment the discussions of user rights, DRM and the WCT.
Forget for a moment the arguments for or against stronger or looser copyright benefiting creators.
Forget for a moment the misuse of copyright as a tool for censorship.
Forget for a moment the concepts of creators working for the benefit of the public.
Forget for a moment the shades of grey involved in creative reuse.
Now think about the word “copyright”.
Now think about the concept of copyright as simply the right to copy and nothing else.
Now fight the urge to remember all those things you’re temporarily forgetting for this exercise.
The right to copy.
…I don’t know about you, but I can’t help but wonder about the right to copy and the following:
- The right to copy and resell.
- The right to copy for personal use.
- The right to copy for educational use.
- The right to copy for creative reuse.
- The right to copy and distribute…for profit.
- The right to copy and distribute, without profit.
Am I missing anything in that list? I’ll break down each of those in posts to follow.
Table of contents for Deconstructing Copyright
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright - Part 1 - Intro
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 2 - Concept of copyright
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 3 - I.P.
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 4 - Creator’s Rights
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 5 - Copyright Act
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 6 - Money!
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Other Summaries
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 7 - Administration
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 8 - End Users
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 9 - User Rights
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 10 – Professional Creative Reuse
- An Experiment In Deconstructing Copyright – Part 11 – Mind-mapping
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By Julianna Yau
On December 25, 2007
At 2:15 pm
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Do you seriously want people to list all the things which an exclusive right to “manuscripts” should regulate which have nothing to do with the making of copies, as well as the various copies that should not be regulated?
For visual artists like yourself we can talk about exhibition rights and resale rights, just for starters.
What about performers? Do they have no rights unless their performance is recorded and thus some sort of ‘copy’ made? How about setting up microphones and doing a live broadcast of a live performance — no rights there eithor, unless someone privately records for later listening? Doesn’t that flip what should and should not be regulated?
Hope you are having a great Christmas season, or whatever you may be celebrating right now.
I’m celebrating two days away from work
Take a look at Part 3, and just hang tight. There is a method to my madness…