Creative Industries

Copyright in the Metaverse

Posted . Filed under Artificial Intelligence, Creative Industries, Emergent Technologies, Focus areas, Projects.

This project funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciene (JSPS) analyses UK and Japanese copyright laws and how they relate to the Metaverse. The project was awarded to Professor Dinusha Mendis to take up a short term invitational professorship at Waseda University Tokyo from July – October 2023. It was carried out… Read more » about Copyright in the Metaverse

Ruth Towse: “Digitization, Internet and Economics of the Creative Industries”

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Towse R., ‘Digitization, Internet and Economics of the Creative Industries’ in W. Gonzalez, (ed) The Internet and Philosophy of Science, (Routledge, 2023) The creative industries are increasingly understood to contribute significantly to national Income and economic growth. Made up of the performing, literary and visual arts, museums and heritage and the music, film, video, broadcasting… Read more » about Ruth Towse: “Digitization, Internet and Economics of the Creative Industries”

Melanie Stockton-Brown: “Ghosts and Punks: The Aesthetics of Copyright Law in Graphic Novels and Comics”

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Stockton-Brown M., Ghosts and Punks: The Aesthetics of Copyright Law in Graphic Novels and Comics(2023) 36(2) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 509- 527 Graphic justice and the law of aesthetics have in very recent years successfully brought law, aesthetics and comics scholarship into the same space. The culture of copyright infringement within comics… Read more » about Melanie Stockton-Brown: “Ghosts and Punks: The Aesthetics of Copyright Law in Graphic Novels and Comics”