LEGAL (AND ETHICAL) COMMENT

摘要

There has been a rash of concern recently. Perhaps it's because I've been susceptible to it through research on parody and plagiarism. Traditional concerns about differences between the authentic and the simulated, which have always pervaded debates about culture and morality, were turned upside-down by a vogue for postmodernism some time back. Current legal issues seem to be turning us full circle back to a mindset where difference matters again. Perhaps it's never really gone away. Some of these issues seem clear cut enough. Others don't.