Notions of authorship and ownership across cultures

Question 1

Western tradition - birth of copyright law?

Answer 1

1710 - Statute of St Anne - protected authors for a period of time from unauthorized copy or sale of their work

Question 2

Henry Self - article in question?

Answer 2

‘Digital Sampling: A Cultural Perspective’

Question 3

Self quote on western ideals of property

Answer 3

‘Western ideals of intellectual property rights are inextricably tied to fundamental concepts of ownership, exclusion and - most importantly - capitalism.”

Question 4

Non-Western cultures?

Answer 4

Tend to value the collective voice of the group over the autonomy of the individual

Question 5

Self quote

Answer 5

‘What Westerners largely fail to understand is that originality was simply not a concern among performers in folk societies’

Question 6

Self - summary view of the West

Answer 6

‘A print culture that is based on ideals of individual autonomy, commodification and capitalism’

Question 7

Self - summary view of the non-West

Answer 7

‘A folk culture that emphasizes integration, reclamation and contribution to an intertextual, intergenerational discourse’