Copy Ethics: Theory & Practice
International Conference
at ZiF - Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University
Convenors:
Reinold Schmücker (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, GER)
Thomas Dreier (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, GER)
Pavel Zahrádka (Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, CZE)
Tuesday, 11 July
16:00 The Ethics of Copying in an Algorithmic Era
Niva Elkin-Koren (Haifa)
Response: Aram Sinnreich (Washington, DC)
Wednesday, 12 July
09:30 Is the Ethics of Copying a Domain-specific Ethics?
Martin Hoffmann (Berlin)
Response: Margit Sutrop (Tartu)
11:15 What is Wrong with Non-substitutional Copying?
Reinold Schmücker (Münster)
Response: Matthias Schmid (Berlin)
14:00 Geoblocking: Does it Protect Author’s Rights, Cultural Diversity or Old-fashioned Business Models?
Pavel Zahrádka (Olomouc)
Response: Adéla Faladová (Prague)
15:15 Licensed to Share? How (not) to Re-balance Rights for Digital Goods
Wybo Houkes (Eindhoven)
Response: Volker Grassmuck (Berlin)
17:00 A Moral Need for Censorship, Access Restrictions, and Surveillance? The Ethics of Copying and the Freedom of Information
Eberhard Ortland (Bielefeld)
Response: Till Kreutzer (Berlin)
Thursday, 13 July
09:30 The Ethics of Citation and Partial Copying
Thomas Dreier (Karlsruhe)
Response: Dieter Birnbacher (Düsseldorf)
11:15 Copying as Compensation
Dispensing the Disadvantaged from Copyright Restrictions
Amrei Bahr (Düsseldorf)
Response: Eric W. Steinhauer (Hagen)
14:00 What is Wrong with Copying from Other Cultures? Appropriation, Alienation, and the Moral Evaluation of Copying
Andreas Bruns (Münster)
Response: Claudy Op den Kamp (Bournemouth)
15:45 La propriété, c’est le vol? Reproducing Art at the Museum
Grischka Petri (Bonn)
16:45 The Legitimacy of Substitute Copies in Art
Antonia Putzger (Bielefeld)
Response: Susan Douglas (Guelph)
Friday, 14 July
09:30 Irreplaceable Works: Non-substitutability, Market Failure, and the Ethics of Access
Johannes Grave (Bielefeld)
Response: Rainer Kuhlen (Berlin / Konstanz)
11:15 Copy Ethics and Its Implications for Academic Publishing in the Digital Era
Martin Hoffmann (Berlin) / Reinold Schmücker (Münster)
Admission is free but space is limited.
Please make reservations if you wish to attend.
Contact:
Eberhard Ortland
Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Foschung (ZiF)
Methoden 1
33615 Bielefeld
Tel. 0521 106 12836
ortlanduni-bielefeld.de
Reference:
CONF: Copy Ethics: Theory & Practice (Bielefeld, 11-14 Jul 17). In: ArtHist.net, Jul 7, 2017 (accessed Jul 13, 2025), <https://arthist.net/archive/15960>.