“Can a work entirely created by a machine be protected by copyright?”
“Entirely” seems quite a big word to me.
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Posts Tagged → copyright
The Internet Baboons
Photographers G.K. and Vikki Hart have something to teach about copyright and remix in the Internet age: “Yes, it would be nice if they made more money, but to make people laugh and for people to take it and use it their own way… you just can’t buy that“
Allergy to Originality
Allergy to Originality, a short movie about “plagiarism, literary debt, appropriation, incorporation, retelling, rewriting, recapitulation, revision, reprise, thematic creation, ironic retake, parody, imitation, stylistic debt, pastiches, collages, and deliberate assemblages.”
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An open letter to Apple
“an open letter to Apple + experimental prosumer manifesto on the issues of planned obsolescence, upgrade culture, technological self-reliance, control and copying. A [re]mix/make of Phil Morton’s 1976 video tape ‘General Motors’, in which contemporary Chicago [dirty] new media artists explain their love && hate relationship with the ‘default art computer’. by Nick Briz, copy<it>right 2013″
The DRM Chair
“The DRM Chair has only a limited number of use before it self-destructs. The number of use was set to 8, so everyone could sit down and enjoy a single time the chair.
A small sensor detects when someone sits and decrements a counter. Every time someone sits up, the chair knocks a number of time to signal how many uses are left. When reaching zero, the self-destruct system is turned on and the structural joints of the chair are melted.”
Paul’s Boutique would be impossible today
“Matt Yglesias argues that because of the way copyright is viewed by the public and interpreted by lawmakers and the courts, making an album like The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique would be nearly impossible today.”
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5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte
Manuel Palou, 5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte, 2011
1 TB hard drive containing $5,000,000 worth of illegally downloaded files. A full list of the included files along with their download url can be found here.
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Heaven Can Wait
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait from Charlotte Gainsbourg on Vimeo.
update 3.12.2009: there’s a huge debate going on about this video. it contains clear references to another artist’s work (William Hundley) without crediting it…
Dear Lily
Musician Dan Bull wrote an open letter to Lily Allen after her recent campaing against file sharing. And he sang it, borrowing music from one of her songs. Brilliant…
“That’s the actual reason, you see; and please don’t compare sharing to stealing – I’ve not took anything off you, I’m just spreading love for what you do. Downloaded your songs for free, then I bought my mom your CD.”
On image manipulation and remix culture
Versions, a video by Oliver Laric…
OOD (Out of Date)
Dialogue from the Pirate bay Trial:
Prosecutor: “When did you meet [Gottfrid] for the first time IRL?”
Judge: “IRL?”
Prosecutor: “in real life.”
Pirate Bay defendant: “We do not use the expression IRL. No, everything is in real life. We use AFK—away from keyboard.”
Prosecutor: “It seems I am a little bit out of date.”
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Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System
David Rice’s perfidious short story ‘Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System’ – from which curators Inke Arns and Francis Hunger have borrowed the exhibition title – deals with the concept of intellectual property: In 2065 stars – such as ex-tennis player Anna Kournikova – have their ‘brand’ protected by a satellite-based system that identifies unlicensed look-alikes and eliminates them via a strong laser beam. During a trip to the Pacific Rim, not officially cleared, the ‘real’ Anna Kournikova is identified as an imitation of herself and is consequently eliminated by the system.
Art in the Age of Intellectual Property. In mostra a Dortmund. Qui.