Cultural appropriation is often defined as the ‘taking of intellectual property, cultural expressions or artefacts, history, and ways of knowledge’. Despite this apparent link to intellectual property, legal issues are only rarely mentioned in the current debate. Thus, to start with, this paper aims to fill this gap in identifying the possible bases in existing laws that may, at least in principle, justify claims of unlawful behaviour. As far as ethical considerations are concerned, the paper then notes a deep divide between those who fully endorse the notion of cultural appropriation and those who are resolutely opposed to it. This paper aims to give fair consideration to both sides of the argument, suggesting three categories of potentially unethical conduct. On this basis, the paper finally revisits possible legal responses from a normative perspective.

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“文化挪用”的法律和伦理

文化挪用通常被定义为“获取知识产权、文化表现形式或人工制品、历史和知识方式”。尽管与知识产权有着明显的联系，但在当前的辩论中很少提及法律问题。因此，首先，本文旨在填补这一空白，以确定现有法律中的可能基础，这些法律至少在原则上可以证明非法行为的主张是正当的。就伦理方面的考虑而言，该论文随后指出了完全支持文化挪用概念的人和坚决反对它的人之间的深刻分歧。本文旨在公平考虑争论的双方，提出三类潜在的不道德行为。在此基础上，