Another limitation of current U.S. Intellectual Property legislation is its focus on individual and joint works; thus, copyright protection can only be obtained in 'original' works of authorship. This definition excludes any works that are the result of community creativity, for example Native American songs and stories; current legislation does not recognize the uniqueness of indigenous cultural "property" and its ever-changing nature. Simply asking native cultures to 'write down' their cultural artifacts on tangible mediums ignores their necessary orality and enforces a Western bias of the written form as more authoritative. COUNT 4
QSN1 What type of creativity is excluded from the US definition of IP? ANS1 community creativity QSN2 What doesn't current US IP law recognize the uniqueness of? ANS2 indigenous cultural "property" QSN3 Requiring written records enforces what kind of bias? ANS3 Western QSN4 The Western bias is that what form is more authoritative? ANS4 written