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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
Blog
ger 1
999
Second Life
My Space
Skype
Digg
Ning
YouTube
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.
Information• All images from www.flickr.com (unless specifically stated)
• Image & licensing info in the notes section of slides
• Presentation licensed: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
• The presentation can be downloaded from: www.slideshare.net/klang
• More information about me: www.techrisk.se & www.digital-rights.net
• Mathias Klang. [email protected] or @klang67
