UID:
almahu_9949546459302882
Format:
1 online resource (400 p.)
ISBN:
9781478023593
,
9783110766912
Content:
In the aftermath of apartheid, South Africa undertook an ambitious revision of its intellectual property system. In Lion's Share Veit Erlmann traces the role of copyright law in this process and its impact on the South African music industry. Although the South African government tied the reform to its postapartheid agenda of redistributive justice and a turn to a postindustrial knowledge economy, Erlmann shows how the persistence of structural racism and Euro-modernist conceptions of copyright threaten the viability of the reform project. In case studies ranging from antipiracy police raids and the crafting of legislation to protect indigenous expressive practices to the landmark lawsuit against Disney for its appropriation of Solomon Linda's song "Mbube" for its hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" from The Lion King, Erlmann follows the intricacies of musical copyright through the criminal justice system, parliamentary committees, and the offices of a music licensing and royalty organization. Throughout, he demonstrates how copyright law is inextricably entwined with race, popular music, postcolonial governance, indigenous rights, and the struggle to create a more equitable society.
Note:
Frontmatter --
,
Contents --
,
Acknowledgments --
,
Introduction "We Do Not Speak the Same Language" --
,
One. Aspirations and Apprehensions: Toward an Anthropology in Law --
,
Two. The Past in the Present: Copyright, Colonialism, and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" --
,
Three. Assembling Tradition, Representing Indigeneity: The Making of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 28 of 2013 --
,
Four Circulating Evidence The Truth about Piracy --
,
Five. Which Collective? The Infrastructure of Royalties --
,
Conclusion. How To Speak the Same Language, or at Least Try To --
,
Appendix. South African Copyright Law: The Basics --
,
Notes --
,
Bibliography --
,
Index
,
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English.
In:
Duke University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766912
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993752
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781478018964
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
DOI:
10.1515/9781478023593
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478023593?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781478023593
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
Bookmarklink