Is art what you can get away with? Copyright Law is useless for Dagoretti-based visual artists
This section explores the relationship between copyright law and the visual arts. It looks at the historical development of appropriation and imitation culminating in piracy. It highlights the importance of protecting creative expressions through legal frameworks and their limitations. It uses the lived experiences of the visual artists from Dagoretti to tell their stories and determine if copyright is useful.
Authors
- Grace Njeri Gatere
Institutions
- Technical University of Kenya (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Writing the Arts & Humanities in Africa
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.52907/wahia.v1i1.519
- Primary Topic
- Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00