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Jun. 30 | 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due
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Resources: Abstracts of American Studies Dissertations
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Vaidhyanathan, Siva. "Unoriginal Sins: Copyright and American Culture," American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, March 1999.
This dissertation traces American copyright law through the 20th century. After examining 18th and 19th century British and American copyright, it describes how copyright has affected American literature, film, television, and music. It outlines the erosion of the distinction that copyright should protect specific expressions, but not the ideas that lie beneath the expressions. It argues that American culture would function better under a system that guarantees “thin” copyright protection—enough protection to encourage creativity, yet limited so that emerging artists, scholars, writers, and students can enjoy a rich public domain and broad “fair use” of copyrighted material.
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