Danny, I'm using Electronic Colonialism Theory (McPhail) for examining similar issues... it's a critical orientation/macro theory in the mass comm world which could give you some ideas, broadly dealing with how peripheral cultures are affected by core-nation media exports.
On your second point, I'm fascinated by how pieces of brazilian "funk" (baile funk) music have been "culturally appropriated" by artists in the U.S. (like Pitbull). Media resources could come into play (U.S. record labels can easily re-record the beats/samples), but also, because Brazil doesn't utilize the U.S. (now global) IP structure or music industry model, there is not a pressure or obligation to license their content (no one is fighting for them or competing with the U.S. labels). I suppose broadly my thought is also making the distinction between commercial and non-commercial media, because in Brazil, baile funk is not "commercial" music, therefore again this idea of competition of is not present. Also, because of the lack of baile funk's distribution, it's hard for many (American) listeners to recognize appropriated content and to acknowledge where the media form originated. I'd be curious to read your paper when completed, and what legal frameworks you envision. Best of luck, Jared LaGroue Graduate Student, Media & Communication, Pepperdine University _______________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Sakkas [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 2:36 PM To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in particular Cc: Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] [cc-community] Cultural Appropriation and IP Hi folks (particularly Danny), It would be interesting to hear your definition of cultural appropriation. I don't think I know what that is. But there are two things you might want to read more about where developing countries have been disadvantaged by IP. The first is CopySouth which talks about issues of copyright in the Global South (http://copysouth.org/portal/) The second is bioprospecting, specifically the ownership rights of local communities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopiracy#Ownership_rights_of_local_communities). Maybe the former doesn't count as appropriation, and maybe the latter doesn't count as cultural. But those are the two sources/issues that come to mind for me. Cheers, Chris Chris Sakkas Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/> and the Living Libre blog and Twitter feed<https://twitter.com/#%21/living_libre>. On 22 April 2012 19:30, Danny Piccirillo <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello all, I'm writing a paper an cultural appropriation and IP. Specifically, there are one or two points I want to make. * IP is not a good way to protect against cultural appropriation * IP may encourag cultural appropriation For the former, I need to show how IP has been ineffective for protecting marginalized cultures from appropriation, how there may be a separate legal framework, and draw on examles of successful protections in the past. If a legal framework is not necessary, what else can be done? For the latter, it's a point i'm not sure can be made, but any help building or criticizing the idea is appreciated! What do you all think? Please forward this to anyone you think would be knowledgeable on this -- ☮ ♥ Ⓐ .danny This email is: [ ] bloggable [ x ] shareable with consent [ ] lethal if repeated or forwarded [𝄽#] The Silent Number - http://thesilentnumber.me/ µBlog: http://identi.ca/dpic voice: +1.617.340.3661<tel:%2B1.617.340.3661> -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es<http://five.sentenc.es/> _______________________________________________ List info and archives at http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-community Unsubscribe at http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/cc-community _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
