Commodification as censor : copyrights and fair use

Author

Buskirk, Martha

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

October. 1992, Num. 60, 82-109, 1 ill.

ISSN

0162-2870

Abstract (en)

Presents an overview of copyright law in Great Britain and the United States, 16th c. to the present, as well as the concept of fair use and trademark law, noting how the law responds to and makes possible the traffic in images characteristic of late-20th c. society. Cites American legal cases involving contemporary artists and their appropriation of mass media and related images in their art works. Concludes that legal conflict arises when appropriated mass media objects and images are also valuable commodities.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• Copyright
• Law
• United States
• 1500-2000
• Art
• Mass culture
• Trademarks
• Great Britain
• Legislation

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Copyright
• Loi
• Etats-Unis
• 1500-2000
• Art
• Culture de masse
• Marque de fabrique
• Grande-Bretagne
• Législation

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00366654

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