Redesigning Copyright Law for Creativity and Sharing
Darius Whelan
November 2017
Lessig, A Copyright System for the 21st Century (2011)
https://youtu.be/a_Nt4i-u5fQ?t=15m35s
Art. I, Section 8, clause 8 of U.S. Constitution:
The Congress shall have power … to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Article 17
Right to property
1. Everyone has the right to own, use, dispose of and bequeath his or her lawfully acquired possessions. No one may be deprived of his or her possessions, except in the public interest and in the cases and under the conditions provided for by law, subject to fair compensation being paid in good time for their loss. The use of property may be regulated by law in so far as is necessary for the general interest.
2. Intellectual property shall be protected.
http://xkcd.com/488/
Lessig at eG8 Press Conference www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Eg8_societecivile
Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace (1996)
• John Perry Barlow
“Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of the Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. We will create a civilisation of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before”
www.copyrightexceptions.eu
The ‘incidental inclusion’ exception
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbV8KxvNQsk
https://creativecommons.org/about/videos/a-shared-culture/
Hargreaves report
Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth, An Independent Report by Professor Ian Hargreaves (2011)
2014
Copyright Review Committee
Ireland
Consultation Paper 2012
Report 2013
RedesigningCopyright?
Support and Encourage Open Access / Creative Commons licences
Widen exceptions to copyright – fair use / fair dealing / content mining
In reform discussions, involve civil society and activist groups
Formalities for copyright may need to be re-introduced
Express provision for non-commercial re-use / remixing
Redesign the Berne Convention
@creativecommons
@communia_eu
@OpenRightsGroup
@c_commons_ie
@edri
@DRIalerts
@Senficon [Julia Reda MEP]