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Copyright and CopyLeft

Art and Ownership

1710: Statute of Anne

‘A bill for the encouragement of learning and for securing the property

of copies of books to the rightful owners thereof ’ 

14 years

copyright

patent

trademark

Species of Intellectual Property

copyright

patent

trademark

automatic protectionlife + 50

register20 non renewable

registerrenewable (immortal)

all rights reserved

hardcopy rules in a softcopy world

no registration“all rights reserved” is the default

setting“orphan” worksthe point of publishing is to sharemillions of authors, millions of users are

ALL wrong?

Commoditisation Mass production Original/Copy 'Professionalisation' Ownership Contract

Simulacra

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