a brief history copyright (and why it is broken)
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slides from my presentation at the 'debating acta, playing acta' event organized by STEIM on the 26th of june 2011 in amsterdam. This is supposed to be an introduction to copyright but the slides as such probably fail to convey most of what i have presentedTRANSCRIPT
a brief history of copyright(and why it is broken)
26 june 2011 | Paul Keller | Knowledgeland
30.000 B.C.E
1991
1706golden age of copyright
broken?
no copyright
1706 Statute of Anne (UK): first copyright act, establishes the right of authors to control what happens to their works 1787 Copyright clause of the US Constitution: ‘to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors the exclusive Right to their Writings.’ Implemented in 1790 in the US copyright act
1886 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works: requires signatories to recognize the copyright of works of authors from other signatory countries, establishes minimum standards for copyright law.
Copyright is the exclusive right of the author of a literary, scientific or artistic work or his
successors in title to communicate that work to the public and to reproduce it,
subject to the limitations laid down by law.
Article 1 of the dutch copyright code, translation by IvIR
original works of authorship
temporary
limitations laid down by the law
limitations laid down by the law(fair use)
communication to the public & reproduction
(moral rights)
insanely complex
Information Management: A Proposal, Tim Berners-Lee, CERN(1998)
1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty: additions to the existing copyright treaty framework in the light of advances of information technology. Implemented through the Copyright Directive (EU) and the DMCA (US)
???? ACTA: would establish international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement
broken?
Reccomendation 1. Evidence: Government should ensure that development of the IP System is driven as
far as possible by objective evidence. Policy should balance measurable economic objectives against social goals and potential benefits for rights holders against
impacts on consumers and other interests. These concerns will be of particular importance in assessing
future claims to extend rights or in determining desirable limits to rights.
Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property and Growth p.94
‘Copyright Reform’ by Nina Paley (CC-BY-SA)http://mimiandeunice.com/2011/05/23/copyright-reform/