Journal article
Copyright and culture: A perspective on corporate power
Media and Arts Law Review, Vol.3(2), pp.71-81
06/1998
Abstract
This article argues that the power which the media and entertainment conglomerates are able to exercise over what we see, read and hear has been built upon the edifice of copyright law. In particular, the commodification of the copyright interest and the wide distribution rights given to owners of copyright works under the Anglo-Saxon model of copyright law have facilitated the build up of corporate power. The article suggests that one consequence of the exercise of this power is the homogenisation of cultural output - a consequence which fundamentally undermines copyright law's cultural development function.
Details
- Title
- Copyright and culture: A perspective on corporate power
- Authors/Creators
- F. Macmillan (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Media and Arts Law Review, Vol.3(2), pp.71-81
- Publisher
- Melbourne Law School
- Identifiers
- 991005542414607891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Law
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher URL
- http://www2.lexisnexis.com.au/sites/en-au/products/media-and-arts-law-review.page
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