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http://poethead.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/silicon-republic-article-regarding-radical-copyright-law-reform-in-ireland/

Silicon Republic article regarding 'Radical Copyright Law Reform' in Ireland.

This morning (09/05/2011) Silicon Republic reported on a radical overhaul

of Ireland's Copyright Law, this is interesting given that most discussionsin this area have been limited in recent times to the 'three strikes andyou're' out nexus of anti-innovation.

I am adding here the current link to the SR reportage, and a couple of linkswhich focus on originators of work and their options in publication . In thiscase, mostly my focus is on poetry and poetics, as that is what this blog isabout. Poets have been innovating in this area for quite a period of time andhave produced documents on fair-use , creative commons and best practices indigitisation and social-media , some of those links are gathered in the PermanentDocuments pages of Poethead, which are located in the central column, just benea

ththis post.SR Article here > http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/21695-radical-copyright-law/This morning Minister Bruton said: I am determined that government will make whatever changes are necessary to allow innovative digital companies reach their full potential in Ireland. These companies make an enormous contribution to jobs and economic growth, and government must do everything it can to allow them to flourish and expand in Ireland.

Some companies have indicated that the current copyright legislation does not cater well for the digital environment and actually creates barriers to innovationand to the establishment of new business models. Moving towards a US-style fair u

se doctrine is one suggestion that has been made.

I am determined to respond to these suggestions in a comprehensive and timely manner. It is not wise to make changes to this extremely complex area of legislation without first considering the issues in detail.

Therefore I have commenced a time-limited review of the law in the area to be conducted by three industry experts. The review will include a full consultation process with all relevant stakeholders, and the entire process will be complete within six months.

Barriers to innovation at all levels of creative output include the

misunderstanding of copyright conventions, or inability to properlyutilise such innovations as Creative Commons licenses, which allowartists to set up copyrights (including derivative rights). Derivativesin poetics include: translations, adaptions (incl.musical) pictorial adaptions ,film, musical references, translation ( both collaborative/non-collaborative)and quotations from...

it is in the nature of poetry to lend itself to innovation. A simple exampleof derivation is (for instance) Leonard Cohen's adaption of Federico GarciaLorca's 'Little Viennese Waltz'. (or we could go with Dante!)

The adaption would not occur if artistic inspiration were stymied by copyright

law that sought to lock-in how a piece of material is used. To this end , Iam linking in a discussion regarding digisation, adaption and transmission fromthe Harriet Monroe institute which is titled 'code of best practices in fair us

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efor poetry' to illustrate how artists are driving discussions in this area ofconcern.

The problems with previous discussions here in Ireland included that theconsultation process was limited to big organisations who were perceived asthe only stakeholders on the issue of copyright, by our previous Govt.

We cannot forget that the creative arts have many stakeholders who are alreadyconcerned in this area and who have created and developed manifestos based ontheir understanding of the development of original works !I am adding here anarticle relating to Portugese problems , which imo do not take cognisance of theright of the artist to set and maintain their own copyright . The onus is onpoliticians to read and understand that artists better get the process of creationand adaptions and in order to radicalise, the consultation should be wide.

Additional Notes , The Harriet Monroe Institute , centre for social media discus

sion, Portugal to make Creative Commons illegal ?:

Embracing the overarching value of access to poetry as its theme, the group saw that business, technological, and societal shifts had profound implications for poets publishing both in new and in traditional media, and also that poets have an opportunity to take a central role in expanding access to a broad range of poetry in coming months and years. Almost immediately, the groups conversation focused on barriers to poetic innovation and distribution caused by clearance issues.Some of these clearance issues develop from the business structures underlyingpoetry publishing, but a significant number, the group discovered, relate to institutional practices that might be reconsidered, including both poets and publishers approaches to quoting and other types of possible fair use. Soon after its first meeting, the group began discussing the possibility of developing best practi

ces for poets and publishers.

Reported problems with Creative Commons in Portugal.

Article 3, point 1 The authors have the right to the perception of a compensationequitable for the reproduction of written works, in paper or similar support, for instance microfilm, photocopy, digitalization or other processes of similar nature.

[...]Article 5 (Inalienability and non-renunciability) The equitable compensation ofauthors, artists, interpreters or executives is inalienable and non-renunciable,being null any other contractual clause in contrary.

[ From ] > http://www.technollama.co.uk/is-portugal-about-to-make-creative-commons-illegal

[Source docs ] > http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-poetry http://poethead.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/poetry-and-digitisation-how-derivatives-occur/

Submissions to the Copyright Review Committee should be sent to copyrightreview@deti.ie or posted to: Copyright Review, Room 517, Department of Enterprise,Jobs and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Submissions should be received by close of business on Thursday 30th June 2011.