Wednesday, July 08, 2009

FEED: Intellectual Property

The take-off on Catcher in the Rye has gotten a lot of play. But really, while the issue of the case itself may devolve to fair use and parody, the real issue of copyright lies elsewhere. From Big Hollywood:

American law differs from law in Europe (and elsewhere) by not granting-except in limited cases-any “moral rights” to the creator of an artistic work. Moral rights are designed to protect the integrity of a work; for example, moral rights could stop a television station from editing a movie in ways the director believes undermine his artistic vision... We can sympathize with Salinger’s desire to keep other authors from using his characters and novels in ways he does not like. But copyright law is not supposed to have an interest in Salinger’s desire to shield his work from disrespectful treatment or use by artists that Salinger believes are unworthy of his masterpiece. More...

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