Is It Ours?: Art, Copyright, and Public Interest

Author:   Martha Buskirk
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520344594


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   13 April 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Martha Buskirk
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.998kg
ISBN:  

9780520344594


ISBN 10:   0520344596
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   13 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"""Buskirk’s critical, nuanced take on copyright includes varied, important topics, such as a deep dive on the shortcomings of our fair-use exceptions to copyright; discussions on who benefits from copyright restrictions (author or publisher); how to consider moral or personhood rights of the author; and the challenges that fake or forged artwork poses to the art world. . . . Is It Ours? exposes the challenges of applying a uniform system to a diverse set of art through examples of cases that involve text, painting, sculpture, music, film, photography, digital images, etc."" * ARLIS/NA Reviews * ""The meticulously researched material makes this text a good reference for librarians, faculty, and graduate students desiring context for the constantly evolving copyright landscape and its impact on our culture."" * College & Research Libraries * ""Is It Ours? provides an impressive range of lawsuits and other conflicts within and beyond the contemporary art world emblematic of different problems that arise when copyright and other types of intellectual property function as a powerful economic engine."" * Art Journal *"


Buskirk's critical, nuanced take on copyright includes varied, important topics, such as a deep dive on the shortcomings of our fair-use exceptions to copyright; discussions on who benefits from copyright restrictions (author or publisher); how to consider moral or personhood rights of the author; and the challenges that fake or forged artwork poses to the art world. . . . Is It Ours? exposes the challenges of applying a uniform system to a diverse set of art through examples of cases that involve text, painting, sculpture, music, film, photography, digital images, etc. * ARLIS/NA Reviews * The meticulously researched material makes this text a good reference for librarians, faculty, and graduate students desiring context for the constantly evolving copyright landscape and its impact on our culture. * College & Research Libraries * Is It Ours? provides an impressive range of lawsuits and other conflicts within and beyond the contemporary art world emblematic of different problems that arise when copyright and other types of intellectual property function as a powerful economic engine. * Art Journal *


Buskirk's critical, nuanced take on copyright includes varied, important topics, such as a deep dive on the shortcomings of our fair-use exceptions to copyright; discussions on who benefits from copyright restrictions (author or publisher); how to consider moral or personhood rights of the author; and the challenges that fake or forged artwork poses to the art world. . . . Is It Ours? exposes the challenges of applying a uniform system to a diverse set of art through examples of cases that involve text, painting, sculpture, music, film, photography, digital images, etc. * ARLIS/NA Reviews * The meticulously researched material makes this text a good reference for librarians, faculty, and graduate students desiring context for the constantly evolving copyright landscape and its impact on our culture. * College & Research Libraries *


Buskirk's critical, nuanced take on copyright includes varied, important topics, such as a deep dive on the shortcomings of our fair-use exceptions to copyright; discussions on who benefits from copyright restrictions (author or publisher); how to consider moral or personhood rights of the author; and the challenges that fake or forged artwork poses to the art world. . . . Is It Ours? exposes the challenges of applying a uniform system to a diverse set of art through examples of cases that involve text, painting, sculpture, music, film, photography, digital images, etc. * ARLIS/NA Reviews *


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Martha Buskirk is Professor of Art History and Criticism at Montserrat College of Art. Her publications include Creative Enterprise: Contemporary Art between Museum and Marketplace and The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art, as well as numerous articles and catalogue essays. Her recent research was supported by Guggenheim and Clark Art Institute Fellowships.

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