In Chapter 13 of Free Culture, Lessig describes how a man by the name of Eric Eldred, attempted to get his daughters' interests in the works of an author by the name of Nathaniel Hawthorne by posting all the works of Hawthorne online and by using "links to pictures and explanatory text, would make the nineteenth-century author's works come alive" (213). While his plan failed, Eldred was able to make these works more accessible to people who could not obtain the print version. This created a possibility for non-commercial works to become public on domains. It came to a point where a piece that Hawthorne created had it's copyright extended which caused Eldred to "fight back" (215). Lessig, the author of Free Culture, also joined in on Eldred's battle. It's really interesting to see the author promoting himself as it can further garner the readers' interest, but at the same time, can cause many to believe in bias.
In chapter 5 of Practices of Looking, it discusses the matter of Copyright. It's no secret that copyright is an issue in society. It has come to a point where Professors will literally sit and compare all papers submitted to them so as to make sure there is no copying between students and as ludicrous as that is, it has come to the point where it is now necessary. Sturken does on to discuss how it didn't use to be a problem, but after the expansion of the Digital Age, the matter became a serious issue. The controversy about the digital age comes to artist who try to self promote themselves. There are many ways to bypass a copyright online and as I have mentioned before, Richard Prince was able to do just that due to various manipulations which caused the supposed "story" to change.
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