Intellectual property and traditional cultural expressions in a digital environment / edited by Christoph Beat Graber and Mira Burri-Nenova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Graber, Christoph Beat.

Burri, Mira.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property.

Cultural property--Protection--Law and legislation.

Cultural property.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : E. Elgar, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the face of increasing globalisation, and a collision between global communication systems and local traditions, this book offers trans-disciplinary analyses of the value of traditional cultural expressions (TCE) and suggests appropriate protection mechanisms for them. It is suitable for those working on governance and human rights issues.

Contents:

Lost in tradition? Reconsidering the history of folklore and its legal protection since 1800 / Monika Dommann

Cannibalizing epistemes : will modern law protect traditional cultural expressions / Gunther Teubner and Andreas Fischer-Lescano

The Disneyland of cultural rights to intellectual property : anthropological and philosophical perspectives / Elizabeth Burns Coleman

Human rights, cultural property and intellectual property : three concepts in search of a relationship / Fiona Macmillan

Using human rights to tackle fragmentation in the field of traditional cultural expressions : an institutional approach / Christoph Beat Graber

Legal protection of traditional cultural expressions : a policy perspective / Martin A. Girsberger

"It's a small world (after all)" : some reflections on intellectual property and traditional cultural expressions / Wend B. Wendland

The lay of the land : the geography of traditional cultural expression / Johanna Gibson

The long tail of the rainbow serpent : new technologies and the protection and promotion of traditional cultural expressions / Mira Burri-Nenova

New information and communication technologies, traditional cultural expressions and intellectual property lawmaking - a polemic comment / Herbert Burkert

Commercializing cultural heritage? Criteria for a balanced instrumentalization of traditional cultural expressions for development in a globalized digital environment / Miriam Sahlfeld

Traditional cultural expressions and their significance for development in a digital environment : examples from Australia and Southeast Asia / Christoph Antons.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-80147-X

9786611801472

1-84844-391-9

OCLC:

437224523