Technology, Intellectual Property Law and Culture - The Tangification of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Focusing on cultural expressions that are most likely to intermingle with copyright law, trademark and IP-adjacent regulations, this book examines contemporary issues in technology, intellectual property law, and culture.Intangible Cultural Heritage can consist of traditional knowledge, songs, craftsmanship, dance, and other practices, as well as the associated cultural artefacts and spaces; a widely varied global living heritage, transmitted generationally, must be allowed to organically evolve, often defying the process of identification so desirable in the realm of legal protections. This nebulous essence is particularly ill-suited to modern legal frameworks that can conflate the creative outputs that copyright is meant to protect with shared cultural practices. Combining a legal perspective with historical tact, the book develops a theoretical model to track the interaction amongst these issues as well as to make policy recommendations based on the existing and projected possible future outcomes. Several chapters of the book will be dedicated to contemporary issues where this framework and interaction are currently developing, focussing on law and technology issues with archiving and museums, online platforms and copyright infringement, and communities and creative production in virtual worlds.The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of copyright law and intellectual property law.

Product details

• Authors: Megan Blakely, Megan Rae Blakely
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2024
• EAN: 9780367439750
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43975-0
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; History: specific events & topics, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, LAW / Communications, ART / Museum Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LAW / Intellectual Property / Copyright, LAW / Computer & Internet, LAW / Intellectual Property / Patent, Copyright Law, History: specific events and topics, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Law & society, Data Protection Law, Law and society, sociology of law, Patents law