Full Description
This book explores how copyright laws are perceived within street art and graffiti subcultures to examine how artists and writers view certain creative aspects of their own practice. Drawing on ethnographic research and fieldwork, the book gives voice to the main actors of these communities and highlights their feelings and opinions toward issues that are increasingly impacting their everyday life and work. It also touches on related and complementary issues, such as the 'gallerisation' or economic exploitation of these forms of art and the curious similarities between the graffiti and advertising worlds. Unique and comprehensive, Copyright on the Street brings the 'voice from the street' into the debate over the legal and non-legal protection of street art and graffiti.
Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Creativity and originality of graffiti lettering; 3. Copyright within street art and graffiti circles; 4. Feelings about attribution and preservation; 5. The subcultures between an anti-establishment ethos and the mainstream; 6. Sharing, biting and social norms.
