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Who owns culture? : appropriation and authenticity in American law /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scafidi, Susan, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Culture and law.
Folklore > United States.
Material culture > United States.
Intellectual property > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The commodification of culture
  • Ownership of intagible property
  • Cultural products as accidental property
  • Categorizing cultural products
  • Claiming community ownership via authenticity
  • Family feuds
  • Outsider appropriation
  • Misappropriation and the destruction of value(s)
  • Permissive appropriation
  • Reverse appropriation of intellectual properties and celebrity personae
  • Civic role of cultural products
  • An emerging legal framework.