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This book explores how copyright laws are perceived within street art and graffiti subcultures to examine how artists and writers view certain creative aspects of their own practice. Drawing on ethnographic research and fieldwork, the book gives voice to the main actors of these communities and highlights their feelings and opinions toward issues that are increasingly impacting their everyday life and work. It also touches on related and complementary issues, such as the 'gallerisation' or economic exploitation of these forms of art and the curious similarities between the graffiti and advertising worlds. Unique and comprehensive, Copyright on the Street brings the 'voice from the street' into the debate over the legal and non-legal protection of street art and graffiti.
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. Creativity and originality of graffiti lettering; 3. Copyright within street art and graffiti circles; 4. Feelings about attribution and preservation; 5. The subcultures between an anti-establishment ethos and the mainstream; 6. Sharing, biting and social norms.
About the author
Enrico Bonadio is Reader at City, University of London. He teaches, lectures and advises in the field of intellectual property (IP) law. He is editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti (2019) and Non-Conventional Copyright – Do New and Atypical Works Deserve Protection? (2018). Enrico is also a street and graffiti art aficionado.
Summary
This book brings 'voices from the street' into the debate over the legal and non-legal protection of street art and graffiti. Drawing on ethnographic research and fieldwork, the book highlights insider perspectives and examines how copyright laws are perceived within street art and graffiti subcultures.
Foreword
This book provides an oral account of how copyright narratives are penetrating street art and graffiti subcultures.
