Radically Rethinking Copyright in the Arts

James O. Young’s Radically Rethinking Copyright in the Arts is a fresh and cleverly written take on the copyright issue. The opening quote of Radically Rethinking Copyright in the Arts comes from R.G. Collingwood: I am only proposing that artists should treat each other as Greek dramatists or Renaissance painters or Elizabethan poets did. If anyone thinks that the law of copyright has fostered better art than those barbarous times could produce, I will not try to convert him. (Collingwood, 1938, p. 326) Taking copyright for granted or to be a natural thing, is quite common. And if we leave the pirates out—Young underlines that his book is in no way a defence of this movement (xi)—not many people critically discuss copyright, probably, due to the fact that we take it as given that it supports artists and helps them to make a living. Young makes the point

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