Book contents
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Problems of Global Copyright
- 2 Reducing Copyright in Developing Countries
- 3 Copyright, Middle-Income Countries, and National Inclusivity
- 4 Reducing Copyright in Developed Countries
- 5 Interaction between Copyright Regimes
- 6 Transitioning to Copyright’s Arc
- Conclusion
- Index
4 - Reducing Copyright in Developed Countries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2020
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Problems of Global Copyright
- 2 Reducing Copyright in Developing Countries
- 3 Copyright, Middle-Income Countries, and National Inclusivity
- 4 Reducing Copyright in Developed Countries
- 5 Interaction between Copyright Regimes
- 6 Transitioning to Copyright’s Arc
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
Art is vital to us all. The diversity of its benefits rivals the variety within humankind. This is because art is our attempt to reach out to others. On the other end of that connection, the consumption of art refreshes us and offers us the possibility of joining ourselves to others’ life experiences. After a day full of bureaucracy, paperwork, expectations, commands, judgments, callousness, and grind, we search for stories of humor, adventure, lust, or gentleness. But, in our exhaustion, we often seek connection that demands little energy – consumption of entertainment. Some such entertainment may be crucial to our well-being. In the words of Rosemary Coombe, “the consumption of commodified representational forms is productive activity in which people engage in meaning-making to adapt signs, texts, and images to their own agendas.”2
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- Copyright's Arc , pp. 105 - 143Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020