“Earlier generations of technology have presented challenges to copyright law ...

– John V. Pavlik, New Media Technology, 1996

“... but none have posed the same threat as the digital age."

– John V. Pavlik, New Media Technology, 1996

Eureka!Cup zal hiertoe een factuur uitbrengen.

“It’s only a flesh wound new distribution medium!”

Eureka!Cup zal hiertoe een factuur uitbrengen.

Meer dan 112 miljoen

weblogs

Twee miljoen Hyves

Dertig miljoen Facebooks

100 miljoen Myspacers

19 miljoen Wikipedia-lemma’s

Tien uur Youtube-films

erbij per dag

6 miljoen Twitteraars

Conversatie

(Kakofonie)

Creëren

Copypasten

Remixen

Herpubliceren

Verspreiden

Gewoon, omdat het kan.

“People like to create and wish to share. In many cases they will do so without financial reward.”

– James Boyle, 'The Public Domain: The Commons of the mind'

“The gumball machine broke and all the gumballs are rolling down the floor.”

– Howard E. King, advocaat van Metallica en Dr. Dre in de Napster zaak, 2000

“Everything you do touches copyrights.”

– Lawrence Lessig, "Free Culture", 2002

WIPO Auteursrechtverdrag

DMCA

Auteursrechten-richtlijn

“Heavy-handed rhetoric and enforcement practices bred less respect for the law, not more, ...”

– Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, 2000

“... and left people feeling justified in flouting the law.”

– Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, 2000

“Copyright will probably have to break down completely before it is corrected.”

– Nicholas Negroponte, Being Digital, 1995

Bron: Big Balloon

Eigendomsdenken

Auteursrecht

Intellectueeleigendom

Eigendom

Schaarste

Geen schaarste

Overvloed

“Information wants to be free”

“On the one hand information wants to be expensive because it’s so valuable.”

– Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Review, May 1985, p. 49.

“On the other hand, information wants to be freebecause the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower.”

– Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Review, May 1985, p. 49.

Balans

“What we need is an appreciation of what authors and users have in common.”

– Abraham Drassinower, 2009

Conversaties

Mededelingaan het publiek

Conversatiemet het publiek

“Persons are entitled to use the works of others provided such use is consistent with the equal authorship of those others.”

– Abraham Drassinower, 2009

“Great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they’re free for people to build upon as they see fit.”

– Lawrence Lessig, 2002