Freedom of Expression™

By Kembrew McLeod

The power of corporations to censor was greatly expanded by the passage in 1998 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which was written by and for the lobbies that paid to push it through Congress—the software, entertainment, pharmaceutical and other intellectual property industries. Most significantly, [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    United States Posted by Foo on Jan 25, 2003 at 10:34 AM

    Kembrew,
    Does “fair usage” apply to someone using non digital imagery? I avoid sampling physical materials post ‘75 partly to avoid having to account for so much. And what about using an image of living and dead icons of our cultural history in parody? In the hand cut collage “Consumer’s Paradise”[Illegal Art Exhibition]  R.Reagon is featured in parody using an image from the ‘50s. Did I break the law? I did a collage using M.Monroe but was told that a corporation owned rights of reproduction so it remains unseen. 
    By the way, thank you for being so generous with the your trademark “Freedom of Expression” but I do hope AT&T pays you for their violation. What better way to drawn attention to laws restricting use of the common language of imagery and verbal expressions?

    United States Posted by David Star on Jan 27, 2003 at 10:54 PM

       
      This is a fine article that shows how intellectual property rights are being terribly abused.  Now is the time for legislative action.

    United States Posted by Gabriel Warshauer-Baker on Feb 4, 2003 at 9:53 PM

    Well OK then. It’s absurd that one can claim “ownership” to a collection of words. But is it not also ridiculous that a unionized worker can claim he “owns” a job that someone else has to meet a payroll to provide? One owns one’s own life, what else can anyone own?

    United States Posted by Robert J Trott on Mar 4, 2003 at 10:09 PM

    To Mr. Trott,

    does one man’s idiocy excuse another’s? I’m much more worried about corporations who silence critics than a misguided union worker who claims to own a job.

    United States Posted by dc on Mar 5, 2003 at 7:22 AM

    WEALTH & POWER

    United States Posted by Gil on Mar 6, 2003 at 10:52 AM

    Read the end!!!

    Private Posted by Forrest on Mar 12, 2003 at 4:26 AM
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