On (not) Watching The Lady in Number 6: Digital Holocaust Film, Copyright Infringement and the Obligation to Remember
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Gerd Bayer
Gerd Bayer teaches English literature and culture at the University of Erlangen. His research interests include contemporary and early modern British literature, postcolonial fiction and film, Holocaust studies, and heavy metal studies.
Abstract
This article discusses the tension between the legal framework of copyright and the moral obligation, as framed in Holocaust studies, to remember the atrocities of the Nazi murder of European Jewry. Starting with the case study of a recent award-winning film, The Lady in Number 6, the essay takes the movie’s difficult availability as an occasion to reflect upon the need to access and distribute this film, even if this creates conflicts with copyright laws, situating this discussion in the larger discussion about law and literature.
About the author
Gerd Bayer teaches English literature and culture at the University of Erlangen. His research interests include contemporary and early modern British literature, postcolonial fiction and film, Holocaust studies, and heavy metal studies.
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- Focus: Islands and Insularity: Between Law, Geography, and Fiction
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