a brief history copyright (and why it is broken)

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/