| Tittel: | Now’s the time for young people to switch on to IP | | Ansvar: | Nadine Hakizimana and Edward Kwakwa | | Forfatter: | Hakizimana, Nadine  / Kwakwa, Edward | | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | | Signatur: | WIPO Magazine | | Utgitt: | Geneva : WIPO, 2022 | | Omfang: | S. 2-6 | | ISBN/ISSN: | 1564-7854 | | Serie: | WIPO Magazine ; 1/2022 | | Emneord: | Immaterialrett / Ungdom | | Note: | Open access (CC BY 4.0) | | Innhold: | If you think about it, intellectual property is everywhere. It’s even in Quavo, the rapper’s, lyric: “Do it for the culture, they gon’ bite like vultures”, from the song, T-Shirt by Migos. In this song, the rap trio, which includes, Quavo, Offset and Takeoff, pays respect to “the culture”, that is, hip-hop culture, an important driver of black empowerment, which has become a global movement, influencing fashion, language, graffiti, breakdancing, spoken-word poetry and more. Creating music “for the culture” means pushing the boundaries of creativity by making new sounds for the enjoyment of people, everywhere. The value of community is central to this idea. Migos also refers to the unspoken disdain for “biting”, which relates to the act of repurposing samples of another artist’s work without giving credit. Contempt for “biting” flows from the value hip-hop musicians place on originality and their commitment to advancing and refining their craft. Intellectual property (IP) is all about originality – we don’t “bite.” As hip-hop fans would say, “IP is lit!” | | Del av verk: | WIPO Magazine 1/2022 |
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