Is my joke protected by copyright? : an analysis of joke theft and copyright in stand-up comedy

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dc.contributor.authorBrown, David Lawrence
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts
dc.contributor.supervisorHarper-Brown, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-29T18:47:28Z
dc.date.available2018-04-29T18:47:28Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.descriptionThis Thesis Paper is submitted in support of the MFA Thesis Project Killing Gerry, a web series that examines potential copyright infringement in stand-up comedy and artistic creations as a whole. The web series uses copyright protected works under the fair dealing and UGC protections offered by the Copyright Act as a means to illuminate potential limitations of or ambiguities within the Act's copyright protections.en_US
dc.description.abstractOften, existing artistic works are used in part by other creators as a means to create new artistic work. Copyright law attempts to strike a balance between the rights of the user and the protections of the copyright owner. In Canada, there is some ambiguity in copyright law as it pertains to performance-based art forms such as stand-up comedy. Stand-up comedy creations may be protected as literary or as this paper argues, dramatic works. A performer’s performance of comedic work is also protected, but comedians still may not be adequately protected by copyright law. The web series Killing Gerry coupled with this support paper, seeks to examine a specific example of an alleged infringement on copyright to illuminate limitations of the law for stand-up comedians.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5092
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0641
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of New Media
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of New Mediaen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFine Artsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts)
dc.subjectCopyright -- Artistic performance
dc.subjectCopyright -- Performing rights
dc.subjectCopyright infringement
dc.subjectStand-up comedy
dc.subjectComedy -- Authorship
dc.subjectWit and humor -- Authorship
dc.subjectjoke ownership
dc.subjectjoke theft
dc.titleIs my joke protected by copyright? : an analysis of joke theft and copyright in stand-up comedyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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