ClassInfo - Spring 2020 Communication Classes

Spring 2020 | COMM 1912 Section 001: Sharing/Stealing Culture: Copyright, Creativity, and Capitalism (65556)

Instructor(s): Gilbert Rodman
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020

Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM

UMTC, East Bank

Ford Hall 170
Enrollment Status:: Open (4 of 20 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: We will spend the semester looking at a series of case studies (historical and contemporary, local, and global) that help to reveal some of the multiple complexities -- cultural, social, political, economic, aesthetic, ethical, technological, and otherwise -- that lie behind a seemingly simple concept: copyright. Some of the major issues to be addressed include: internet filesharing/piracy and the difficulty of enforcing copyright in the digital age, racial borrowing/appropriation of cultural texts, practices, and styles, affective ownership (fans) vs. economic ownership (corporations), culture as a public good (the commons) vs. culture as private property (commerce), the use of copyright as a censorship tool, the politics of alternative forms of copyright (e.g., Creative Commons, open source, copyleft), and global/international discrepancies in copyright law/enforcement.
Class Description:: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65556/1203

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