Update copyright law for pre-industrial era, says law professor
Behold, the Noble Savage?  Evaluating the cost of a DDoS attack
It's only natural  Professor Suthersanen implies that the
"traditional artist" is doing a very special kind of art,
because it's made "in response to their environment and their
interaction with nature and their history". Once again, does
this mean we here in Europe we don't make art in response to our
environment and history? Perhaps she could inform a rapper,
dubstep DJ or modern composers - and tell them this is where
they've gone wrong.  But that's probably not what she means. The
gratuitous reference to nature is intended to signal to us that
pre-industrial cultures have a special relationship with nature,
and that this is superior to ours. She leaves very little room
for any other interpretation, since the proposal is backed by
the moral force of the ancient traditional cultures.  The noble-
savage-in-harmony-with-nature is not a new idea. It is as deeply
patronising, and impl