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I got my propaganda, I got revisionism: Book Review: Che's afterlife : the legacy of an image

r wrote 1 month ago: Is art (always) resistance? Popular version of original photo by Korda The paradox is to wield Che … more →

Tags: Art, attribution, authenticity, authorial intent, Book Review, Books, Copyright, cultural appropriation, cultural memory

In a Barbie World?

r wrote 1 month ago: I come neither to bury Barbie nor to praise her, but to acknowledge her larger cultural role, a … more →

Tags: Barbie, Copyright, cultural appropriation, cultural ownership, fair-use, gender differences in fandom, Intellectual Property, parody and satire, Trademark

The problem with decontextualization of intellectual property's cultural role, or why an algorithm cannot determine fair use

r wrote 2 months ago: Ignoring cultural context has led to some incredibly bizarre cease-and-desist notices recently. Yet … more →

Tags: Copyright, Creative Commons, cultural appropriation, cultural memory, cultural ownership, fair-use, fan labor, fandom, Free Culture

Goodbye to you: Is changing canon the best way to keep fans happy?

r wrote 7 months ago: Some stick with reading comics for their entire lives (the norm in Japan, though the type changes ov … more →

Tags: 1000 true fans, American Comics, Batman, Canon / Fanon, Comics, cultural appropriation, cultural ownership, fandom, fans

More on Barracuda, copyright, and politics from Siva Vaidhyanathan and Foo Fighters

r wrote 9 months ago: As I previously wrote about in my post, Heart’s Barricuda: A lesson in licensing, ownership, po … more →

Tags: authenticity, authorial intent, Copyright, cultural ownership, moral rights, Politics, recording industry, we own it we can do what we want

Heart's Barricuda: A lesson in licensing, ownership, politics, and moral rights1 comment

r wrote 10 months ago: Do artists have control over the use of their songs? Should they? Most people would agree that … more →

Tags: cultural ownership, recording industry, we own it we can do what we want, Copyright, authenticity, Politics, authorial intent, moral rights, Heart

Kafka's Unpublished Writings in a Kafkaesque situation: The difficulty in dealing with copyright, culture, and authorial intent (with special guest appearances by Metallica and Doctor Who)

r wrote 10 months ago: In a recent posts on the University of Chicago Faculty blog & Concurring Opinions, and in a … more →

Tags: attribution, authenticity, authorial intent, Copyright, cultural appropriation, cultural memory, cultural ownership, Doctor Who, kafka

True Love Waits?: What happens when OMG OTP Vampire sparkly meets abstinence WSJ editorial

r wrote 11 months ago: Please, for the love of all fandoms, know of what you write, oh editorial writers who wish to use fa … more →

Tags: Fangirl, cultural appropriation, fandom, fans, gender differences in fandom, twilight, Books, authorial intent, vampire genre


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