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Culture vs. Copyright

Word to the Reader

Well, my first graders did not make exceedingly clear points, but who expected them to? I was intrigued. I started to ask myself what I honestly knew about the subject and where to dig for these not-so-simple answers. All of a sudden, I realized that we were discussing pretty strange things, things which are totally different from material objects. … But I only found slight reference to this subject in all the commotion around copyright-related issues. Finally, I found myself thinking about this question: What is the nature of art?