Technology, Intellectual Property Law and Culture

Focusing on cultural expressions that are most likely to intermingle with copyright law, trademark and IP-adjacent regulations, this book examines contemporary issues in technology, intellectual property law, and culture.

Autorentext

Megan Rae Blakely is a lecturer at Lancaster University Law School. Her research interests are in intellectual property law, intangible cultural heritage, and digitisation, through an interdisciplinary lens. Her current research involves copyright and culture in virtual worlds. She serves as the Director for the Centre for Law and Society at Lancaster University and on the Executive Committee for the British and Irish Law, Education, and Technology Association. Dr. Blakely earned her LLM at SOAS, JD at University of California Law, San Francisco, and PhD at University of Glasgow School of Law.

Inhalt

1. Introduction

2. The Law

3. Theoretical Framework (Tangification)

4. Cultural Adoption and Tangification: The Process of Intangible Cultural Heritage Becoming Intellectual Property

5. Historical Cultural Expressions: Tangification and Legal Development

6. Contemporary Cultural Guardians: Archives, Museums, and Digitisation

7. Future Evolution: Virtual Worlds, User Communities, and Creative Contributions

8. Conclusion and Recommendations