Culture is Inevitable, Copyright is Not

Culture is inevitable, copyright is not Mathias Klang

Copyright is all about fixation

Fixation is all about technology & social norms

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. Voltaire

Technology 300 years ago…

Modern copyright law

is fixed in the 1950s

“These are not the norms you’re looking for”

Controlling the monsterLawyers dream of technoneutrality

Technology changes everything

You want proof?

2 dominant myths

1. No cash, No Creation

2. Everything Is property

EMPIRICAL proof cash NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR CREATION… But geeks are different?

PROVED STALLMAN’S IDEAS SCALED & APPLIED TO NON-SPECIALIST GROUPS

And still we cling to the economic & creative myth

Participatory democracy

Digitalization

Connectivity

Storage

Devices

Flickr

2000

2001

2002

2003 2005

2004 2006

Wikipedia

Linkedin

Blog

ger 1

999

Second Life

My Space

Skype

Digg

Facebook

Ning

YouTube

Twitter

Spotify

Google c:a 1998

2008

2007 2009

Farmville

iphone

WikileaksAngry Birds

Theoretical rights become inevitable

practice

Law fighting technological & social inevitability

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Culture as casualty of war

The GLAM’s are suffering

Protest the war & spread culture

My (short) wish list… what’s on yours?

Fixation not the focus of cultureThe artist is not an entrepreneur

Teachers should not learn copyrightLaw clearly supports open licensing

Shorten terms of protection

Where were you when they locked up culture?

Thank you.

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• Mathias Klang. klang@ituniv.se or @klang67