Week 6: Response to “On the rights of Molotov Man” – Ruby Kim (Moon)

After reading this article, I was able to think of the issue of “plagiarism” again. Plagiarism in my mind is about copying or busing the content that is done by others. However, I had not thought about how that would be applicable to the  “context” of work. In this story, the essential reason why Susan sued Joy was not only that he did not ask for permission but also she was disappointed that he “decontextualized” her work, which it was a new approach of thinking for me. Every artist or creator will struggle with their work, hoping a certain theme or intent would be delivered through them. In my opinion, I also do not agree that an artist can “control” the art. Nonetheless, I strongly support the argument that it is a violation when others produce a work that mistranslates or degrades the originality of the work. Therefore, the biggest lesson that I learned from this article is that violating copyright might not necessarily mean merely copying others’ works, but rather rendering the pure intention or context of the work.

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