Is It Ours? takes a fresh look at issues of artistic expression and creative protection as they
relate to contemporary law. Exploring intellectual property particularly copyrights Martha
Buskirk draws connections between current challenges and early debates about how something
intangible could be defined as property. She examines bonds between artist and artwork
including the ways that artists or their heirs retain control over time. The text engages with
fundamental questions about the interplay between authorship and ownership and the degree to
which all expressions and inventions develop in response to innovations by others. Most
importantly this book argues for the necessity of sustaining a vital cultural commons.
