CAN WE KILL COPYRIGHT DEAD?

ALTERNATIVES TO PROTECT CREATIVE CONTENT IN A WIRED WORLD

COPYRIGHT 101

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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?