| Bound by Law?: Tales from the Public Domain, New Expanded Edition Contributor(s): Aoki, Keith (Author), Boyle, James (Author), Jenkins, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822344181 ISBN-13: 9780822344186 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: A documentary is being filmed. A cell phone rings, playing the Rocky theme song. The filmmaker is told she must pay $10,000 to clear the rights to the song. Can this be true? Eyes on the Prize, the great civil rights documentary, was pulled from circulation because the filmmakers rights to music and footage had expired. Whats going on here? Its the collision of documentary filmmaking and intellectual property law, and its the inspiration for this comic book. Follow its heroine Akiko as she films her documentary and navigates the twists and turns of intellectual property. Why do we have copyrights? Whats fair use? Bound by Law? reaches beyond documentary film to provide a commentary on the most pressing issues facing law, art, property, and an increasingly digital world of remixed culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Business Aspects - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Performing Arts | Film - Reference |
| Dewey: 346.730 |
| LCCN: 2008279001 |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 8.44" W x 10.92" (0.60 lbs) 80 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A documentary is being filmed. A cell phone rings, playing the Rocky theme song. The filmmaker is told she must pay $10,000 to clear the rights to the song. Can this be true? Eyes on the Prize, the great civil rights documentary, was pulled from circulation because the filmmakers' rights to music and footage had expired. What's going on here? It's the collision of documentary filmmaking and intellectual property law, and it's the inspiration for this comic book. Follow its heroine Akiko as she films her documentary and navigates the twists and turns of intellectual property. Why do we have copyrights? What's "fair use"? Bound by Law? reaches beyond documentary film to provide a commentary on the most pressing issues facing law, art, property, and an increasingly digital world of remixed culture. Readers can download a pdf of the book here. |