Two Relationships to a Cultural Public Domain

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3125
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Type:	Journal Article
Author:	Negativland
Journal:	Law and Contemporary Problems
Volume:	66
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Date:	2003
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3125
Sector:	Social Organization Information & Knowledge
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Subject(s):	public domain copyright
Abstract:	"A question to consider is this: should those who might be borrowed from have an absolute right to prevent all such free reuses of their properties, even when the reuse is obviously part of a new and unique work? Do we want to actually put all forms of unauthorized reuse under the heading of 'theft,' implicating a socially valuable art form such as collage with criminal intent - a form which may be making controversial social or cultural points and cannot operate true to its vision when, regardless of whether or not it can afford the price of authorization, prior permission is required? We'd like to see copyright law acknowledge the logical and inalienable right of artists, not publishers or manufacturers, to determine what new art will consist of."

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