Comments on: Important and fascinating Lewis Hyde essay on copyright http://boingboing.net/2009/10/23/important-and-fascin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Patrick Nielsen Hayden http://boingboing.net/2009/10/23/important-and-fascin.html#comment-619796 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-619796 Lewis Hyde's <a href="<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307279502?ie=UTF8&tag=makiligh-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0307279502"><em>The Gift</em></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=makiligh-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0307279502" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> is one of the truly important books in my life--idiosyncratic and off-center though it is, it set off explosions in the way I think that haven't stopped reverberating. Lewis Hyde did a lot to set the stage for my later agreement with (for instance) Cory's critiques of overweening copyright. I had not realized that <em>The Gift</em>'s subtitle has changed over time. When I read it, it was "Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property." Now it's "Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World." I agree with the Amazon commenter that neither subtitle quite captures this brilliant, but flawed, but brilliant book. Lewis Hyde’s The Gift is one of the truly important books in my life–idiosyncratic and off-center though it is, it set off explosions in the way I think that haven’t stopped reverberating. Lewis Hyde did a lot to set the stage for my later agreement with (for instance) Cory’s critiques of overweening copyright.

I had not realized that The Gift‘s subtitle has changed over time. When I read it, it was “Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property.” Now it’s “Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World.” I agree with the Amazon commenter that neither subtitle quite captures this brilliant, but flawed, but brilliant book.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/23/important-and-fascin.html#comment-816150 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-816150 By the way, the copyright notice in my copy of The Gift reads: "Copyright (c) 1979, 1980,,1983,2006,2007 by Lewis Hyde.'' Reminiscent of how Jonathan Lethem's limited-time movie option rights scheme contradicts his Creative Commons grandstanding in Harper's. By the way, the copyright notice in my copy of The Gift reads: “Copyright (c) 1979, 1980,,1983,2006,2007 by Lewis Hyde.” Reminiscent of how Jonathan Lethem’s limited-time movie option rights scheme contradicts his Creative Commons grandstanding in Harper’s.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/23/important-and-fascin.html#comment-620374 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-620374 Arhight! Also see: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/review/Hyde-t.html Arhight!

Also see: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/review/Hyde-t.html

]]> By: deviceofmind http://boingboing.net/2009/10/23/important-and-fascin.html#comment-619939 deviceofmind Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-619939 Someday we might just live in a better world because of Lewis Hyde. Someday we might just live in a better world because of Lewis Hyde.

]]> By: StRevAlex http://boingboing.net/2009/10/23/important-and-fascin.html#comment-619709 StRevAlex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-619709 I think this is a fascinating thesis. I also think it's worth noting that these men were, for the most part, alright with the idea of human beings as property. I think this is a fascinating thesis. I also think it’s worth noting that these men were, for the most part, alright with the idea of human beings as property.

]]> By: diamantiferous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/23/important-and-fascin.html#comment-619721 diamantiferous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-619721 I was lucky enough to have Lewis Hyde as a professor at Kenyon College last winter, and enjoyed the hell out of his class, "Framing Intellectual Property Rights," which overlaps with the content of this essay. He is a fascinating guy, and an engaging professor. Sad that I only discovered him when I was a senior. And for my fellow FIPR scholars, I miss you all, and send you a hearty "arhight!" I was lucky enough to have Lewis Hyde as a professor at Kenyon College last winter, and enjoyed the hell out of his class, “Framing Intellectual Property Rights,” which overlaps with the content of this essay. He is a fascinating guy, and an engaging professor. Sad that I only discovered him when I was a senior.

And for my fellow FIPR scholars, I miss you all, and send you a hearty “arhight!”

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