Copyright And Other Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Andersen and the Commodification of Creativity

by Helle Porsdam (Editor)

The present state of copyright law and the way in which it threatens the remix of culture and creativity is a shared concern of the contributors to this unique book. Whether or not to remain within the underlying regime of intellectual property law, and what sort of reforms are needed if we do decide to remain within this regime, are fundamental questions that form the subtext for their discussions. One opinion that manifests itself in the book is that we should not reject present copyright law altogether, but rather find ways to fit it to the new digital technology, whilst others take a more sceptical view. They argue, for example, that the solution to copyright-related problems is simply to give up on copyright law altogether. The life and work of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen presents an ideal focus and/or point of departure, giving the contributors a historical and well defined framework for their discussion of the various problems in relating copyright to cultural creativity. Copyright and Other Fairy Tales will be of great interest to scholars of intellectual property from a diversity of fields including law, economics, and cultural studies, as well as historians interested in the link between cultural creativity and the role of copyright in promoting (or preventing) such creativity.

Hardcover

Published April 24, 2006

Reviews

[Tegan]

This book pulls together eight brilliant essays on copyright (and yes, I am a copyright nerd). As someone who actively follows developments related to copyright and DRM, the essays in this book still took me in new directions. The different voices are all clear and straightforward, something I value highly when reading academic and trade type publications. I want a copy of this book because I want to reread it, repeatedly. I know I did not really absorb everything, and I want to remedy that. I like the directions the different essays made me think. If the social issues surrounding copyright have ever been of interest to you, read this book. If you've ever been curious about the issues surrounding file sharing or remixing, about cultural ownership, about public domain, or about copyright and freedom of speech, read this book. If you have no clue what anything I just listed means I recommend reading this book, or one of the many books out there on these topics. They are useful areas of knowledge to have.

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