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Where does originality collide?

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originality3 CONSTRUCTSOriginality (Copyright)GINSBURG · COPYRIGHT LAWOriginality (Psychology)WILSON · PSYCHOLOGYOriginalityKRAUSS · ART HISTORY

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Copyright law

the threshold for copyright protection, independent creation with at least a modicum of creativity.

In copyright law, originality refers to the threshold for copyright protection, independent creation with at least a modicum of creativity. This meaning comes from Ginsburg (1992) in Columbia Law Review. Here originality is not the ability to produce uncommon, remote or clever responses, a factor of divergent thinking.[1]

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Psychology

the ability to produce uncommon, remote or clever responses, a factor of divergent thinking.

In psychology, originality refers to the ability to produce uncommon, remote or clever responses, a factor of divergent thinking. This meaning comes from Wilson (1953) in Psychological Bulletin. Here originality is not the threshold for copyright protection, independent creation with at least a modicum of creativity.[2]

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Art history

the avant-garde claim to originality, which the essay argues depends on repetition and the copy.

In art history, originality refers to the avant-garde claim to originality, which the essay argues depends on repetition and the copy. This meaning comes from Krauss (1981) in October.[3]

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copyright1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructcreativity4 names · 5 citationsjangle · one construct, four conceptionsappropriation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Ginsburg, J. C. (1992). No "Sweat"? Copyright and Other Protection of Works of Information after Feist v. Rural Telephone. Columbia Law Review, 92(2), 338. https://doi.org/10.2307/1123087
  2. Wilson, R. C., Guilford, J. P., & Christensen, P. R. (1953). The measurement of individual differences in originality. Psychological Bulletin, 50(5), 362-370. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0060857
  3. Krauss, R. (1981). The Originality of the Avant-Garde: A Postmodernist Repetition. October, 18, 47. https://doi.org/10.2307/778410

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