“It is worth remembering that copyright is as much about the distribution of contents as the conditions of their creation. A contemporary example of the distribution function, in an age of social media, is the influencer, whose written and oral words can impact, indeed forge, the thoughts and ideas of myriads of followers. A recent podcast of the BBC’s In Our Times program, well-timed for the holiday season, discussed the iconic novel by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol …” (more)
[Neil Wilkof, The IPKat, 27 December]
First posted 2022-01-05 09:00:15
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