LEADER 02514nam 22003613a 450 001 9910831888003321 005 20230802002128.0 010 $a1-4780-9153-3 035 $a(CKB)4950000000290158 035 $a(OCoLC)1250395288 035 $a(ScCtBLL)6f09cdd7-65ec-4820-ad69-fc53a17bfdc3 035 $a(EXLCZ)994950000000290158 100 $a20211214i20122019 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $auru|||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aCreativity and its Discontents : $eChina's Creative Industries and Intellectual Property Rights Offenses /$fLaikwan Pang 210 1$aDurham, NC :$cDuke University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 330 $aCreativity and Its Discontents is a sharp critique of the intellectual property rights (IPR)-based creative economy, particularly as it is embraced or ignored in China. Laikwan Pang argues that the creative economy-in which creativity is an individual asset to be commodified and protected as property-is an intensification of Western modernity and capitalism at odds with key aspects of Chinese culture. Nevertheless, globalization has compelled China to undertake endeavors involving intellectual property rights. Pang examines China's IPR-compliant industries, as well as its numerous copyright violations. She describes how China promotes intellectual property rights in projects such as the development of cultural tourism in the World Heritage city of Lijiang, the transformation of Hong Kong cinema, and the cultural branding of Beijing. Meanwhile, copyright infringement proliferates, angering international trade organizations. Pang argues that piracy and counterfeiting embody the intimate connection between creativity and copying. She points to the lack of copyright protections for Japanese anime as the motor of China's dynamic anime culture. Theorizing the relationship between knockoffs and appropriation art, Pang offers an incisive interpretation of China's flourishing art scene. Creativity and Its Discontents is a refreshing rejoinder to uncritical celebrations of the creative economy. 606 $aLaw / Intellectual Property / Copyright$2bisacsh 606 $aLaw 615 7$aLaw / Intellectual Property / Copyright 615 0$aLaw 700 $aPang$b Laikwan$0856584 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910831888003321 996 $aCreativity and its discontents$91912932 997 $aUNINA