Keith Aoki (1955 – April 26, 2011) was an American law professor who served on the faculty of University of California, Davis School of Law and the University of Oregon School of Law. He co-authored the nonfiction graphic novels Bound by Law? Tales from the Public Domain, which explains copyright law and the doctrine of fair use, and he was a co-author of Theft: A History of Music,[1] both in collaboration with the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at the Duke University School of Law. His scholarship covered topics such as intellectual property, racial equality, and immigration reform. His work was covered in memorial tributes in the law reviews where he had taught[2][3] and by other colleagues.[4]
Keith Aoki | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 |
| Died | April 26, 2011 |
| Nationality | America |
| Alma mater | UC Davis School of Law and University of Oregon School of Law |
| Occupation(s) | Law professor and author |
| Notable work | |
| Style | Comic book |
Education and law career
editAoki studied art at Wayne State University and Hunter College.[5] Changing fields to law he studied at Harvard Law School and the University of Wisconsin Law School.[5]
Aoki may have been responsible for coining the word "paracopyright"[6] in a 1997 letter of concern about the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.
He wrote extensively about racial issues and immigration. In his personal life, Aoki's father was affected by the Japanese American internment: during World War II, his "father was interned at the Gila River camp in Arizona" during World War II.[7]
Art
editAoki's art has been shown in retrospectives about Detroit and its artists such as the "Another Look at Detroit" exhibit shown in Chelsea, New York City[8][9][10] and the "Subverting Modernism: Cass Corridor Revisited 1966-1980"[11]
Wayne State University where he was a student holds some of his work,[12][13][14][15] which has been showcased in "Up from the streets: Detroit art from the Duffy warehouse collection"[16]
Prominent works
edit- Seed Wars: Controversies And Cases On Plant Genetic Resources And Intellectual Property, by Keith Aoki. NC: Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2008. 280pp. ISBN 9781594600500[17]
- Race, Space, and Place
- (In)visible Cities: Three Local Government Models and Immigration Regulation (co-authored, 2008)
- Is Chan Still Missing? An Essay About the Film Snow Falling on Cedars and Representations of Asian Americans in U.S. Films (2001)
References
edit- ^ "Theft: A History of Music". The Public Domain. February 14, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ UC Davis Law Review, Volume 45, Number 5, June 2012: Super Aoki - A tribute to Keith Aoki
- ^ Oregon Law Review, Volume 90, Number 5, 2012: Symposium (Un)Bound by Law: Keith Aoki Memorial Symposium
- ^ Hing, Bill Ong. "Superman Had Nothing on Keith Aoki." UCLA Asian Pac. Am. LJ 17 (2011): 148.
- ^ a b "UC Davis School of Law - Faculty & Administration - aoki - Keith Aoki". Law.ucdavis.edu. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "paracopyright". Word Spy. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ In Spirit of Healing, Residents Remember Wartime Camps by Greg Bolt, The Register Guard (Eugene, OR). February 19, 2002.
- ^ "ART COLLECTION NEWSLETTER" (PDF). Artcollection.wayne.edu. 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Another Look at Detroit". Marlborough Chelsea. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Another Look at Detroit: Parts 1 and 2, curated by Todd Levin and in collaboration with Marlborough Chelsea - Exhibitions - Marianne Boesky". Archived from the original on 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
- ^ "EMU's 'Subverting Modernism' exhibit offers fascinating look at Cass Corridor art". Annarbor.com. 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Picture of the Week - University Art Collection - Wayne State University". Artcollection.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Picture of the Week - University Art Collection - Wayne State University". Artcollection.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ System, WCS Content Management. "Picture of the Week - University Art Collection - Wayne State University". artcollection.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "Time and Place : Art of Detroit's Cass Corridor from the Wayne State University Collection" (PDF). Artcollection.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Up from the streets: Detroit art from the Duffy warehouse collection" Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, 2001, page 59
- ^ "Seed Wars". Archived from the original on 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
Bibliography
edit- Loss of a Legend by David Pluviose, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, June 9, 2011.
External links
edit- Bound by Law, a comic book about the public domain, drawn by Aoki
- Theft: A History of Music, Musical Borrowing from Plato to Hip Hop, a comic book about music and intellectual property, drawn by Aoki
- UC Davis Law Professor Creates Cartoons to Teach Copyright Law by Lydia Lum, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, April 15, 2011; Captain Copyright, March 31, 2011 (cover story)
- Aoki's works on SSRN