Creative Commons and Appropriation: Implicit Collaboration in Digital Works
Appropriation is a common practice in art and literature; electronic literature in particular lends itself readily to appropriation and collaboration, due to its multimodal and born-digital nature. This paper presents practice-based research examining the effects of digital appropriation on two work...
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| description | Appropriation is a common practice in art and literature; electronic literature in particular lends itself readily to appropriation and collaboration, due to its multimodal and born-digital nature. This paper presents practice-based research examining the effects of digital appropriation on two works of digital fiction (a hyperfiction and an interactive fiction), demonstrating how it alters the creative writer’s typical process, as well as the resulting narrative itself. This practice of appropriation results in “implicit collaboration” between the digital creative writer and those whose work is appropriated, an arguable form of shared authorship. Questions regarding the ethics of this practice, including copyright concerns and authorship, are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-97ccfbfccfc94dc081f425ec79334c572022-12-22T04:28:14ZengMDPI AGPublications2304-67752016-03-0141710.3390/publications4010007publications4010007Creative Commons and Appropriation: Implicit Collaboration in Digital WorksR. Lyle Skains0School of Creative Studies & Media, Bangor University, John Phillips Hall, College Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, UKAppropriation is a common practice in art and literature; electronic literature in particular lends itself readily to appropriation and collaboration, due to its multimodal and born-digital nature. This paper presents practice-based research examining the effects of digital appropriation on two works of digital fiction (a hyperfiction and an interactive fiction), demonstrating how it alters the creative writer’s typical process, as well as the resulting narrative itself. This practice of appropriation results in “implicit collaboration” between the digital creative writer and those whose work is appropriated, an arguable form of shared authorship. Questions regarding the ethics of this practice, including copyright concerns and authorship, are discussed.http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/4/1/7appropriationdigital fictionpractice-based researchelectronic literatureimplicit collaborationauthorshipcreative writinginternet gift economyethics |
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| title | Creative Commons and Appropriation: Implicit Collaboration in Digital Works |
| title_full | Creative Commons and Appropriation: Implicit Collaboration in Digital Works |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Creative Commons and Appropriation: Implicit Collaboration in Digital Works |
| title_short | Creative Commons and Appropriation: Implicit Collaboration in Digital Works |
| title_sort | creative commons and appropriation implicit collaboration in digital works |
| topic | appropriation digital fiction practice-based research electronic literature implicit collaboration authorship creative writing internet gift economy ethics |
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