• DocumentCode
    1524714
  • Title

    Salmon, Songs, and Blankets: Creativity on the Northwest Coast

  • Author

    Lesk, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Lastpage
    81
  • Abstract
    The First Nations groups in British Columbia (and nearby Native American groups in Alaska) recognized the ownership of songs and dances, and transferred them as items of value; they did so in a social system rather than a legal one.
  • Keywords
    social aspects of automation; dances; social system; songs; Copyright protection; Cultural differences; Economics; Intellectual property; Marketing and sales; Music; Social factors; Alaska; First Nations; Kwakiutl; Tlingit; Tsimshian; intellectual property; social protection; traditional knowledge;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2011.65
  • Filename
    5772968