Guarding the Family Silver / directors, Moana Maniapoto, Toby Mills ; producer, Toby Mills ; a Tawera / Black Pearl Production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Maniapoto-Jackson, Moana, director, narrator.

Mills, Toby, director, producer.

Black Pearl Productions, production company.

Tawera Productions, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trademarks--Law and legislation--New Zealand.

Trademarks.

Intellectual property--New Zealand.

Intellectual property.

Cultural property--Protection--New Zealand.

Cultural property.

Māori (New Zealand people)--Legal status, laws,etc.

Māori (New Zealand people).

New Zealand.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (45 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, Auckland Region : Tawera Productions, 2005.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Companies right around the world are on the lookout for something to help brand their product in the global marketplace. In order to create a point of difference, companies are turning their eyes to New Zealand. Things we take for granted, that we think belong to us, even words and names, are up for grabs. In 2002, musician Moana Maniapoto was prevented from using her first name to market herself in Germany because it was copyrighted by someone else. That bewildering experience prompted this award-winning doco made with partner Toby Mills. It explores wider issues of commercial exploitation of 'exotic' indigenous cultures by global companies - a vexed area which Western intellectual property law seems ill-equipped to deal with. There are case studies of the good, the bad and the ugly over usage by brands including Lego, the All Blacks, Ford, Moontide and Playstation.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 19, 2016).

OCLC:

959236203