Prim Drift, CopyBots, and Folk Preservation: Three Copyright Parables about Art in the Digital Age

Kraus, Kari M.

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Prim Drift, CopyBots, and Folk Preservation: Three Copyright Parables about Art in the Digital Age

Author(s)

Kraus, Kari M.

Issue Date

2008-02-28

Keyword(s)

• Second Life
• virtual worlds
• intellectual property, copyright, arts and humanities
• preservation
• multi-user virtual environments
• copyright
• arts and humanities

Abstract

"This paper employs a series of case studies from the domains of digital arts and creative/experimental new media to elicit tensions and contradictions in the current state of copyright and intellectual property law. I pay particular attention to the role of the ""pirate"" as preservationist--rather than taint or corrupt, historically we know that piracy has helped guarantee the survival of important works of literature and art. Throughout, I insist that the humanist is not a dabbler or interloper in these matters; humanistic knowledge, particularly semiotics (the study of sign systems) has the potential to lend consistency and coherence to case law that is currently shot through with loopholes, contradictions, and dead ends. To that end, I also outline the potential of a center devoted to intellectual property law and humanities advocacy."

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