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Slides from a presentation given at the Plank (plankdesign.com) Breakfast Club.
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CAN WE KILL COPYRIGHT DEAD?
ALTERNATIVES TO PROTECT CREATIVE CONTENT IN A WIRED WORLD
COPYRIGHT 101
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……
PROPERTY VS.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
• Exclusive• Rights to your
• Original• Creations
WHY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY?
What is it?
COPYRIGHT
RIGHT COPYTO
A PORTRAIT OF ANUDE WOMAN
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
Reclining Nude by Modigliani
Blue Nude by Pablo Picasso
“The purpose of copyright law was to
balance the public interest in
promoting the encouragement and
dissemination of works of the arts
and intellect and obtaining a just
reward for the creator”
CHALLENGEPRESENTED TO
C2MTL
Protect creative content (pix, vids, music) on the internet… or not?
• Enforcement through the national courts• Notice and notice, notice and takedown
PROBLEMS - $ and Nations
CURRENT SOLUTIONS
• LEGAL• BUSINESS
• TECHNOLOGICAL• OUTSIDE THE BOX
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS?
• BALANCE• EASE OF USE• WORLDWIDE
• PROTECT MORAL RIGHTS?• USER AS CREATOR?
CONSIDERATIONS
• Uses traditional copyright• Global regulatory body?• Global judiciary body?
• Is it feasible to sign a treaty?
SOLUTION 1GLOBAL REGULATION /
ENFORCEMENT
Pop-up box“This work is protected (by copyright)…”
• Lists copyright owner(s) / creators• Instructions for payment
SOLUTION 2EDUCATION AND
NOTICE
Renders work unusable unless © owner / creator is paid
• Blockchain to identify? (Mycelia from Imogen Heap for music database / distribution)
• Payment system with bitcoin?
SOLUTION 3OPEN SOURCE
EMBEDDED CODE
“Maybe the community and people should set the rules on protecting online creativity
rather than the courts”
• Middle-out instead of top-down control• Wikipedia model
• Feasible? Can we trust people?
SOLUTION 4COMMUNITY STANDARDS
Will creators still create?
All art government funded?
SOLUTION 5GIVE UP, MAKE
EVERYTHING FREE
Thanks!Questions?