Difference between revisions of "Fagundes and Perzanowski (2019)"
Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
|Link=https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4836&context=ndlr | |Link=https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4836&context=ndlr | ||
|Reference=Fauchartand von Hippel (2008);Oliar and Sprigman (2008);Perzanowski (2013);Sarid (2014);Iljadica (2016); | |Reference=Fauchartand von Hippel (2008);Oliar and Sprigman (2008);Perzanowski (2013);Sarid (2014);Iljadica (2016); | ||
− | |Plain Text Proposition=As with many other areas of negative space, clowns demonstrate a preference for private and informal ordering rather than formal law. The study confirms the existence of shared community norms and their enforcement: | + | |Plain Text Proposition=As with many other areas of negative space, clowns demonstrate a preference for private and informal ordering rather than formal law. The study confirms the existence of shared community norms and their enforcement:*The Antiappropriation Norm: copying of a clowns appearance, name or act is largely disapproved by the community, partly justified by economic investment (time/effort) and moral integrity (e.g. make-up as an expression of self). Nonetheless, some degree of imitation appears to be tolerated in a type of “remix” culture, so long as this is not tantamount to identical copying. Evidence of acceptance of <i>scenes a faire</i> in certain clown acts is also evident. |
+ | *Enforcement of clown norms: reputational harm and social stigma are effective deterrents in the clown community, though many view norm breaking as an opportunity to educate. Direct infringements are uncommon, though tend to be met with confrontation, with some participants referring to a hypothetical threat of violence. | ||
+ | *The Clown Egg Register supplements these community norms. Whilst resembling a traditional property register (usually limited to defining scope and recording ownership of property) this confers other important functions for the clown community: it signals professionalism; it provides a sense of belonging or prestige in the community; it serves archive functions, and; may be utilised to screen out of participants who do not meet certain criteria of originality. | ||
|FundamentalIssue=2. Relationship between creative process and protection - what motivates creators (e.g. attribution; control; remuneration; time allocation)? | |FundamentalIssue=2. Relationship between creative process and protection - what motivates creators (e.g. attribution; control; remuneration; time allocation)? | ||
|EvidenceBasedPolicy=A. Nature and Scope of exclusive rights (hyperlinking/browsing; reproduction right) | |EvidenceBasedPolicy=A. Nature and Scope of exclusive rights (hyperlinking/browsing; reproduction right) |
Revision as of 08:28, 1 September 2020
Contents
Source Details
Fagundes and Perzanowski (2019) | |
Title: | Clown Eggs |
Author(s): | Fagundes, D., Perzanowski, A. |
Year: | 2019 |
Citation: | Fagundes, D. And Perzanowski, A. (2019) Clown Eggs. Notre Dame Law Review, 94(3). |
Link(s): | Open Access |
Key Related Studies: | |
Discipline: | |
Linked by: |
About the Data | |
Data Description: | The study consists of an analysis of the Clown Egg Register, supplemented by a series of qualitative interviews with clowns in both the US and UK (number not specified). |
Data Type: | Primary data |
Secondary Data Sources: | |
Data Collection Methods: | |
Data Analysis Methods: | |
Industry(ies): | |
Country(ies): | |
Cross Country Study?: | No |
Comparative Study?: | No |
Literature review?: | No |
Government or policy study?: | No |
Time Period(s) of Collection: | |
Funder(s): |
Abstract
“Since 1946, many clowns have recorded their makeup by having it painted on eggs that are kept in a central registry in Wookey Hole, England. This tradition, which continues today, has been referred to alternately as a form of informal copyright registration and a means of protecting clowns’ property in their personae. This Article explores the Clown Egg Register and its surrounding practices from the perspective of law and social norms. In so doing, it makes several contributions. First, it contributes another chapter to the growing literature on the norms-based governance of intellectual property, showing how clowns—like comedians, roller derby skaters, tattoo artists, and other subcultures—have developed an elaborate informal scheme in lieu of state-created copyright or trademark law to regulate their creative production. Second, this Article explores a rarer phenomenon in the norms-based IP context: formalized registration related to norms-based ownership rules. It shows that the Register exists not only to support those rules, but it also serves a host of nonexclusion functions, including expressing members’ professionalism, conferring a sense of prestige, and creating a historical record. Finally, this Article shows how its analysis of the Clown Egg Register offers lessons for the study of registers in the context of tangible and intellectual property alike.”
Main Results of the Study
As with many other areas of negative space, clowns demonstrate a preference for private and informal ordering rather than formal law. The study confirms the existence of shared community norms and their enforcement:*The Antiappropriation Norm: copying of a clowns appearance, name or act is largely disapproved by the community, partly justified by economic investment (time/effort) and moral integrity (e.g. make-up as an expression of self). Nonetheless, some degree of imitation appears to be tolerated in a type of “remix” culture, so long as this is not tantamount to identical copying. Evidence of acceptance of scenes a faire in certain clown acts is also evident.
- Enforcement of clown norms: reputational harm and social stigma are effective deterrents in the clown community, though many view norm breaking as an opportunity to educate. Direct infringements are uncommon, though tend to be met with confrontation, with some participants referring to a hypothetical threat of violence.
- The Clown Egg Register supplements these community norms. Whilst resembling a traditional property register (usually limited to defining scope and recording ownership of property) this confers other important functions for the clown community: it signals professionalism; it provides a sense of belonging or prestige in the community; it serves archive functions, and; may be utilised to screen out of participants who do not meet certain criteria of originality.
Policy Implications as Stated By Author
The study finds that the Clown Egg Register is an effectively designed example which policymakers should be encouraged to emulate in other industries (or which other norms-based IP communities may benefit from); particularly registers which contribute to a sense of belonging within a community, and accord prestige, may have greater appeal to potential registrants.
Coverage of Study
Datasets
{{{Dataset}}}