Abstract
This speculative argument discusses the connections between code and law. The author suggests that legal frameworks can become artworks that create a standard for social justice as well as a boundary within which an artist or coder must follow. The author traces a history of legal performance starting in the early 2000’s with the rise of the internet & corporate controversies. The article also discusses the ways the internet facilitated spread ideas, facts, and knowledge. It traces the ways the internet created a new way of consumption and concerns regarding corporate manipulation of information over the web. The article covers the court hearing of Bill Gates (Microsoft) vs. the United States on the subject of the internet and its intentions regarding the freedom to browse. The author describes a battle between the artist and law through the ideas of social norms and social justice. The idea of the artist's monopolistic intentions come into conflict with ideas of freedom, justice, and competition. In its most basic form, the article shows a battle between the artist and the law as well as the outcome of equal rights, social justice, and freedom.
Preservation Process
Archived from http://switch.sjsu.edu/archive/nextswitch/switch_engine/front/front.php%3Fartc=37.html. Documentation of the preservation processes used for this collection is available at https://github.com/NickSzydlowski/switch. Metadata for this item was created and augmented by Luka Coza, Spring 2022, ART 104.
Recommended Citation
Mays, Matt
(2000)
"Defining the Lawyer/Artist,"
SWITCH: Vol. 15:
No.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/switch/vol15/iss1/8