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Matthew Rimmer

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The Pirate Bazaar: The Social Life Of Copyright Law, Matthew Rimmer Feb 2001

The Pirate Bazaar: The Social Life Of Copyright Law, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

This thesis provides a cultural history of Australian copyright law and related artistic controversies. It examines a number of disputes over authorship, collaboration, and appropriation across a variety of cultural fields. It considers legal controversies over the plagiarism of texts, the defacing of paintings, the sampling of musical works, the ownership of plays, the co-operation between film-makers, the sharing of MP3 files on the Internet, and the appropriation of Indigenous culture. Such narratives and stories relate to a broad range of works and subject matter that are protected by copyright law.This study offers an archive of oral histories and narratives …

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The Demidenko Affair: Copyright Law, Plagiarism, And Ridicule, Matthew Rimmer Aug 2000

The Demidenko Affair: Copyright Law, Plagiarism, And Ridicule, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

This article provides an account of one of Australia's great literary hoaxes - the Demidenko affair. In particular, it focuses upon the accusations that Helen Darville plagiarised a number of historical and literary texts in her novel, The Hand That Signed The Paper. This article considers how the dispute was interpreted in three different contexts - the literary community, the legal system, and the media. Part 1 examines how writers, publishers, and editors understood the controversy in terms of the aesthetics and ethics of plagiarism. Part 2 details how lawyers framed the discussion in light of economic rights and moral …

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