Copyrighting Creativity: Creative Values, Cultural Heritage Institutions and Systems of Intellectual Property (Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472431650 ISBN 13: 9781472431653

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

What is the relationship between creativity, cultural heritage institutions and copyright? Who owns culture and cultural heritage? The digital age has expanded the horizon of creative possibilities for artists and cultural institutions - what is the impact on legal regimes that were constructed for an analogue world? What are the tensions between the safeguarding of cultural heritage and the dissemination of knowledge about culture? Inspired by a three year research project involving leading European universities, this book explores the relationship between copyright and intellectual property, creativity and innovation, and cultural heritage institutions. Its contributors are scholars from both the humanities and the social sciences - from cultural studies to law - as well as cultural practitioners and representatives from cultural heritage institutions. They all share an interest in the contribution of intellectual property to the role of cultural institutions in making culture accessible and encouraging new creativity.

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About the Author

Helle Porsdam is Professor of American Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472431650
• ISBN 13: 9781472431653
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Porsdam Helle