John Bryant asks: "Should textual scholars speak up more and try to
shape the legal discourse? How is that done?"
It seems unlikely that textual or other scholars can shape the legal
discourse or set the legal agenda, but they can certainly start (or
continue) the public debate. I just want to refer to two recent
initiatives.
One was rather small-scale and comes from the International James Joyce
Foundation. In order to bring some clarity in what is quite a complex
issue, the IJJF established a working group to discuss the issues and
launched a website with a Copyright, Fair Use and Permissions FAQ
(http://english.osu.edu/research/organizations/ijjf/copyright.cfm).
The second came from the British Academy, which published on extensive
report on Copyright and Academic Research
(http://www.britac.ac.uk/reports/copyright/).
Wim
(Dr) Wim Van Mierlo
Institute of English Studies
School of Advanced Study
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
http://ies.sas.ac.uk
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