The Hargreaves Review of British intellectual property policy is to be published this morning.. and as you will see, the leaks were as misleading as they were revealing….. My Financial Times column follows…
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The Jazz Problem?
Another note in the research annals of our forthcoming comic on the history of musical borrowing. For those who read about today’s wars over hip hop sampling and digital remix and think it a new battle fuelled by technological change, here’s an image that shows how old the fights are — even if one doesn’t trace them as far back as Plato. › Continue reading
Plato on Remix
Sometimes the past sends you wonderful quotations and images… One of the reasons why the comic drafting process is so much fun…
How We Write a Comic
I am hard at work writing our new comic on the history of musical borrowing, with my two brilliant co-authors, Jennifer Jenkins and Keith Aoki. › Continue reading
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