Comments on: Beliving in the Magic http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/05/beliving-in-the-magic/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed E59.1405, The Media, Culture, and Communications Department at the Steinhardt School of Education at NYU Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:48:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Evan http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/05/beliving-in-the-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Evan Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:16:17 +0000 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/?p=903#comment-260 I think both of you guys are seeing the signature difficulty of using exclusive rights to provide incentives for creativity: by default, you're excluding everyone, including other creators. So the balance you guys (and many others) are looking for is I think some way to carve out space for those creators. Is fair use the best way to do this, or is it even necessary? What aspects of it seem most helpful, and what aspects don't seem to work as well? Fwiw, Jonathan Lethem's essay is a fantastic exposition of some instances of influence that we wouldn't want to go without, and I think the HP Lexicon might be one more. I think both of you guys are seeing the signature difficulty of using exclusive rights to provide incentives for creativity: by default, you’re excluding everyone, including other creators. So the balance you guys (and many others) are looking for is I think some way to carve out space for those creators. Is fair use the best way to do this, or is it even necessary? What aspects of it seem most helpful, and what aspects don’t seem to work as well?

Fwiw, Jonathan Lethem’s essay is a fantastic exposition of some instances of influence that we wouldn’t want to go without, and I think the HP Lexicon might be one more.

]]> By: Alena http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/05/beliving-in-the-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Alena Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:32:55 +0000 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/?p=903#comment-238 I hear ya. While reading the Harry Potter case, I took a moment to think about Vander Ark, and I really felt bad for him! He started his project out of a love for the books, and look what happened. It makes me think of Jon Pareles’ proposal in (I'm pretty sure it was) Copyright Highway of songs losing their copyright, and therefore becoming part of public domain, after so many copies are sold. While you're not talking about a song here, it's still the same idea. I agree that enough is enough at a point, such as with the Happy Birthday copyright situation. And no, I don't think you're the only one trying to find that happy medium, so no worries =) I hear ya. While reading the Harry Potter case, I took a moment to think about Vander Ark, and I really felt bad for him! He started his project out of a love for the books, and look what happened. It makes me think of Jon Pareles’ proposal in (I’m pretty sure it was) Copyright Highway of songs losing their copyright, and therefore becoming part of public domain, after so many copies are sold. While you’re not talking about a song here, it’s still the same idea. I agree that enough is enough at a point, such as with the Happy Birthday copyright situation. And no, I don’t think you’re the only one trying to find that happy medium, so no worries =)

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