Copyright–ADirtyWord

AliciaAtwood

Copyright A Dirty Word

AliciaAtwood

What exactly is the problem?

Brett Gaylor

“Copyrightisoutofcontrol.It'sbeengeneratedforprofitateveryone'sexpense.”

SocietyneedstounderstandthatcopyrighthasgoCenoutofhandandthreatensAmerica’s

moralfoundaFons.

“Copyright istheuseorreuseofwordsorideaswithoutpermission.”

Laura J. Murray

Why is this a problem?

Problem 1SocietyhastoaskpermissiontocriFcizecultureandthereforehasfeweravailableworks.

Brett Gaylor

"WhyshouldwehavetoaskculturetoletuscriFqueit?"

Problem 2InnovaFon,renovaFon,andexpression

aresuppressed.

Brett Gaylor “Culturebuildsfromthepast.”

Thepeoplewhoholdcopyrightsusedsomeoneelse'sworkbefore,butthey

beateveryoneelsetomakeitlaw,sonooneelsecandowhattheydid.

Jay David Bolter

"Oneconsequenceofthisnetworkingofcultureisinfacttheabandonmentoftheidealhigh

cultureasaunifyingforce."

However…

InBrazil,copyrightlawsareinconsequenFalandtheculturebuildsuponolderworksfound

throughtheadvancednetworks,bringingthissocietytogetherthroughthishighernew

purposeforcultureandart.

The Confusion Plagiarismcanbeconnectedwithcopyright,

whenitissomethingen5relydifferent.

“Plagiarismistheuseorreuseofwordsorideaswithoutacknowledgement.”

Laura J. Murray

Truth 1 Plagiarismstuntscrea5vityandexpressioninasocietybyallowingpeopletocopyverbaFminsteadofcreaFngormodifyinganotherwork

foranewmeaning.

Paul Gauguin “ArtiseitherplagiarismorrevoluFon.”

Truth 2 Plagiarismisnotbadbecauseitinvolves

copyrightinfringement,butbecauseitisalie.

So what? Societyshouldbecarefulnottoplagiarizeandbecomeunabletothinkforthemselves,but

notfallintothebondageofcopyrightlawsandbeunabletothinkatall.

Laura J. Murray

“Evenintheworldofcopyright,wehavearighttorepeatpeople’swordsinorder

toholdthemaccountable,bringthemintodialogue,orusethemasaspringboard.”