Daniela Simone on Collective Authorship

Ipse Dixit Podcast, Season 1, Episode 328.

In this episode, Dr. Daniela Simone, Lecturer in Law and Co-Director of the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law at University College London Faculty of Laws, discusses her book "Copyright and Collective Authorship: Locating the Authors of Collaborative Work," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Simone begins by explaining what copyright protects and why. She discusses how copyright doctrine currently assigns authorship and ownership of works created by multiple people. She reflects on several particular forms of collective works to show how copyright doctrine provides "wrong" answers to the question of authorship, including Wikipedia, aboriginal Australian art, scientific articles, and motion pictures. And she explains how copyright could provide better answers by considering social norms and context when assigning authorship. Simone is on Twitter at @DrDSimone.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.