Art, literature and copyright in the age of digital reproduction

The Valand Seminar for Advanced Art Theory # 10
In collaboration with The Department of Literary Composition, Poetry and Prose

Theme: Art, literature and copyright in the age of digital reproduction

Guest: Rasmus Fleischer, copyriot.se, Piratbyrån, phd student in contemporary history

Date: Dec 2nd, 2008, Tuesday, 2 pm – 5 pm.

Site: Valand School of Fine Arts, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Room: Endre Nemes.

Pre-reading: Lawrence Liang: "The Black and White (and Grey) of Copyright"
(Introduction to the book "A Guide To Open Content Licences")
http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/lliang/open_content_guide/02-chapter_1/

Felix Stalder: "The Stuff of Culture"
http://www.noemalab..org/sections/ideas/ideas_articles/pdf/stalder_stuff_culture.pdf

Michel Foucault: "Author Function"
http://oil21.org/txt/Michel%20Foucault%20-%20Author%20Function.txt


Eva Hemmungs Wirtén's paper is also online:
http://www.abm.uu.se/evahw/Outofsight.pdf

Eva Hemmungs Wirtén's paper is also online:
http://www.abm.uu.se/evahw/Outofsight.pdf

Rasmus Fleischer: "The future of copyright" (never mind its context):

http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/06/09/rasmus-fleischer/the-future-of-copyright/

Rasmus Fleischer: "Untitled 23"


For the last text, please contact Fredrik Svensk: fredriksvensk@yahoo.se; fredrik.svensk@valand.gu.se



Schedule:

14:00 Introduction: Mats Kolmisoppi & Fredrik Svensk
14:15 Lecture: Rasmus Fleischer
15:30 Discussion, moderators: Mats Kolmisoppi & Fredrik Svensk
16:00 Break
16:20 End discussion
17:00 End