Copywriting and Intellectual Property Stories

For some time now, my colleagues and I have been compiling a list of artworks on copyright piracy. And recently, I suddenly found out that the user under the nickname Red Tiger (they have not yet succeeded in contacting him) has also been compiling a similar list for a long time, and he has found many more such works. Those interested can familiarize themselves with its list and additions in the comments on the search phrase “copyright reader”.

I combined our lists, and tried to reject the least interesting works, which often are simply artistic disputes about copyright. The result was about 20 stories. References are given only for those works that the authors published themselves, or are distributed under free licenses (there were cases when the authors protested against the placement of references to works). Some things are written by professionals, some - by amateurs, including programmers. I do not advise you to read everything at once, since the topic is, in general, one, and it can get boring, although the plots and dramatic effects are very diverse.

1932. Karel Čapek. "On the five loaves" (6k)
About copying two fishes and five loaves by Jesus.
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1955. Robert Zacks "Kontrolex" (Don't Shoot) (20k)
What would happen if even individual phrases were protected by copyright?

1963. Sergey Lvov "The Seventh Move" (97k)
Long detective story about the times when writing books put on the conveyor. It contains only a small mention of copyright (in Chapter VI).

1972. Victor Kolupayev "The Singing Forest" (36k)
Probably the kindest story about intellectual property.

1982. Spider Robinson “Life is short” (Melancholy Elephants) (22k)
About the ever increasing terms of copyright and what is creativity.

1997. Richard Stallman, “The Right to Read” (7k)
As the name implies, this is about copyright on books.

2002. Konstantin Krylov (Mikhail Kharitonov) (no title) (4k)
Very short and very funny story. Here is a copyright in a figurative sense. On products.

2003. Stas Kozlovsky "Licensed Dostoevsky" or the end of the era of paper books (5k)
About overgrown to the impossibility of copyright, commerce, and everything connected with it.

2004. Dalia Truskinovskaya "Creeping Word" (38k)
Another story on the topic of copyright protection of certain phrases and even words.

2005. Norwegian Forest (Nikolai Danilov) “License for Justice” (8k)
Again on the tightening of copyright in general. The irony of this story is that it was written for an anti-piracy contest organized by Microsoft, under the motto “His example is another science” (and won a prize position).

2006. Cory Doctorow “Printed - Imprisoned !” (“Printcrime”) (4k)
About unlicensed copying of physical objects.

2008. Josip Beard "The Bright Future of Copyright" (2k)
A small sketch about copyright, without the horrors accustomed to this time.

2008. Lex Kravetsky "Who comes to us with a sword" (30k)
The story of legal cases, copyright is mentioned only as one of the examples.

2008. Denis Lapitsky "Copyright" (13k)
And again on the protection of individual phrases and words by copyright. Although the theme is one, the plots are different.

2008. Mercy Shelley (Alexey Andreev) “451 MHz” (42k)
Strengthening the copyright in the field of music. Cyberpunk brainwashing, but in general, everything is not so terrible.

2009. Maxim Makarenkov "Trucker" (18k)
An episode from the life of a pirate trucker during forced listening to pop music.

2009. Seshat (Tatyana Kigim) "Alien Machine " (14k)
Tightening and expanding the concept of copyright. Children will not escape responsibility either.

2010. Mikhail Era “Purchase” (4k)
Deep distribution of the principles of copyright on household appliances. Piracy continues.

2010. Sergey Shilov "The right to write" (25k)
The writer is offered the perfect contract: guaranteed protection against piracy. But there is a catch.

2010. ID-Daemon "I, Pirate" (16k)
On the tightening of copyright and the possibility of punishing the innocent.

2010. Maxim Savenkov "Copimagia" (40k)
The story of copyright, transferred to the world of magic.

2012. Alexander Yazvetsky "Web site" (12k)
On intellectual property in the field of design and patents.