Friday, August 17, 2007

on the Cultural Politics of Copyright & Piracy

"No account of the contemporary moment would be complete without an examination of the dominance of the copyright sign or the small print of the trademark on our lives."

"In many ways, the mere act of looking at, reading, listening to, making, understanding, or communicating any objects that embody thought, knowledge or feeling are as fraught with danger and anxiety today, as the appropriation of material wealth, or, the trespassing into private property, were through much of human history."

How Rambo lost to the Green Papaya
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main20.asp?filename=hub100706globalwarning_9.asp

With every passing day, we need to grapple with this reality!

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