Re: [AMIA-L] A call to differentiate commercial from cultural and personal copyright

["Fulton, John" <John.Fulton@xxxxxxxx>]

Bruckman was a director who lifted gags and scenes from Keaton and Lloyd films while working for Columbia and for Abbott & Costello. His reputation was tarnished by this and he killed himself when he couldn't get work.

 

Definitely a sad case.

 

I believe his plagiarism was done in the commercial sector, so his behavior doesn't argue against what Doctorow is discussing here. Doctorow is asking for a different legal attitude toward individuals who break copyright in their cultural activities that are not also commercial activities. He's asking for a different regime than the one now which leads powerful companies to successfully sue individuals for music sharing. I don't believe he would defend a studio plagiarizing other filmmakers.

 

John Fulton

Minnesota Historical Society

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From: Association of Moving Image Archivists [mailto:AMIA-L@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jorge Finkielman
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All this reminds me of the tragic fate of writer & director Clyde Bruckman.

 

 

JORGE FINKIELMAN

"Fulton, John" <John.Fulton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

My reading of Doctorow's piece is that the group who is making new proposals for copyright behavior, WIPO, is doing it for "archivists, educators and people who provide access to disabled users of information." He is saying that disabled rights groups are part of the WIPO drafting group and have an interest in new access standards.

 

John Fulton

Minnesota Historical Society

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I'm confused as to why the disabled are dragged into this?

And his point about lil' Timmy copying the Marvel comics--for profit--doesn't jive with innocents posting videos on YouTube.

kate Coe

On Jan 29, 2008 8:29 AM, Rick Prelinger <footage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/29/copyright.law

Cory Doctorow's latest is well worth a read.  I imagine many will disagree.  If you believe that a robust culture requires the protection of popular and "folk" _expression_, though, you may sympathize.

Rick


Rick Prelinger
Prelinger Library & Archives, San Francisco
Board President, Internet Archive

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Kate Coe
FootageMonster

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