There are better ways to share knowledge than eating brains

This article analogises the term of copyright, in particular the continuation of protection for 70 years after the death of the creator (in many countries), with zombies. Content, like the bodies of the living reanimated after death, lingers on for years after the author is dead. Through the short stories of American author Kelly Link and her preoccupation with zombie contingency plans and the genre-mashup Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the article aims to draw into light the potentially limiting effect that posthumous copyright protection has on innovation. The article was written for The Ownership Issue of WQ published by the Queensland Writers’ Centre. If you republish it or reuse it please attribute me as the author and acknowledge that the article was first…