Description: Copyright Vigilantes by Ezra Claverie Explains superhero blockbusters as allegories of intellectual property relations. In movies based on characters owned by DC and Marvel, no narrative recurs more often than a villains attempt to copy the superheros unique powers. In this volume, Ezra Claverie explains this fixation as a symptom of the films mode of production. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Copyright Vigilantes: Intellectual Property and the Hollywood Superhero, 1998–2018 explains superhero blockbusters as allegories of intellectual property relations. In movies based on characters owned by the comics duopoly of DC and Marvel, no narrative recurs more often than a villains attempt to copy the superheros unique powers. In this volume, author Ezra Claverie explains this fixation as a symptom of the films mode of production. Since the 1930s, the dominant American comics publishers have treated the creations of artists and writers as work for hire, such that stories and characters become company property. Thus, publishers avoided sharing the profits both from magazine sales and from licensing characters into other media. For decades, creators have challenged this regime, demanding either shares of profits or outright ownership of their creations. Now that the duopoly rents, licenses, and adapts superheroes for increasingly expensive franchises, and for growing international audiences, any challenge to intellectual property relations threatens a production regime worth billions of dollars. Duopoly movies, therefore, present any attempt to break the superheros monopoly on their powers as the scheme of terrorists, mad scientists, or space Nazis—assuaging studio anxieties and revealing the fears of those who benefit most from the real-world ownership of superheroes. Weaving together legal analysis, Marxist political economy, and close readings of movies, Copyright Vigilantes explains the preoccupations of Hollywoods leading genre. Author Biography Ezra Claverie writes for Washington University in Saint Louis. His work has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Popular Culture, Journal of American Culture, and Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media. Review Highly entertaining and interesting, Copyright Vigilantes also says something important about how we cede our creative rights to conglomerates so uncritically. We need to shift the narrative around copyright, and Claveries book is a helpful example of how this can happen." - Stacey M. Lantagne, professor of law, Western New England University Details ISBN1496851323 Author Ezra Claverie Pages 277 Publisher University Press of Mississippi Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781496851321 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-06-17 Imprint University Press of Mississippi Subtitle Intellectual Property and the Hollywood Superhero Place of Publication Jackson Country of Publication United States Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2024-06-17 DEWEY 791.43652 ISBN-10 1496851323 UK Release Date 2024-06-17 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159873717;
Price: 69.06 AUD
Location: Melbourne
End Time: 2025-01-22T03:15:31.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.2 AUD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781496851321
Author: Ezra Claverie
Type: NA
Book Title: Copyright Vigilantes
Language: Does not apply
Publication Name: NA
