· trade of bookselling, men who do not labour in an honest profession to learning is indetted.”...
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<free culture>
OSCONJuly 24, 2002
<refrain>
1. Creativity andinnovation alwaysbuilds on the past.
2. The past alwaystries to controlthe creativity thatbuilds on it.
3. Free societiesenable the futureby limiting thepast.
4. Ours is less andless a freesociety.
</refrain>
(1)
1774Donaldson v. Beckett
free cultureborn
1774Donaldson v. Beckett
free cultureborn
1774Donaldson v. Beckett
free cultureborn
1774Donaldson v. Beckett
free cultureborn
1710Statute of Annelimited term
14 years
1710Statute of Annelimited term
14 years
1710Statute of Annelimited term
14 years
1710Statute of Annelimited term
14 years
1740sScottish publishersreprint classics
1740sScottish publishersreprint classics
1740sScottish publishersreprint classics
London publishers:“copyright is forever”
London publishers:“copyright is forever”
[Sonny Bono:“forever minus a day”]
London publishers:“copyright is forever”
publishers
“old patentees andmonopolizers in thetrade of bookselling,men who do not labour
in an honestprofession to learning
is indetted.”
“common law copyright”
1769Millar v. Taylorpublishers prevail
1769Millar v. Taylorpublishers prevail
1769Millar v. Taylorpublishers prevail
1774Millar reversed
1774Millar reversed
Shakespeare free
freed culture
<refrain>
1. Creativity andinnovation alwaysbuilds on the past.
2. The past alwaystries to controlthe creativity thatbuilds on it.
3. Free societiesenable the futureby limiting thepast.
4. Ours is less andless a freesociety.
</refrain>
(2)
1790unregulated creativity
“printing”free derivatives
14 years
1790unregulated creativity
“printing”free derivatives
14 years
1790unregulated creativity
“printing”free derivatives
14 years
1790unregulated creativity
“printing”free derivatives
14 years
1790unregulated creativity
“printing”free derivatives
14 years
1790free code
transparent technology
1790free code
transparent technology
1790free code
transparent technology
control
control
notjustthen
1928Walt Disney
Steamboat WillieSteamboat Bill., Jr.
1928Walt Disney
Steamboat WillieSteamboat Bill., Jr.
1928Walt Disney
Steamboat WillieSteamboat Bill., Jr.
1928Walt Disney
Steamboat WillieSteamboat Bill, Jr.
“always parroting thefeature length
mainstream films”
commons
lawyer
lawyer
“limited Times”
1790“fourteen years”
maybe x2
to 42(1831)
56(1909)
59(1962)
61(1965)
63(1967)
64(1968)
65(1969)
66(1970)
67(1971)
68(1972)
70(1974)
75(1976)
95(1998)
Sonny Bono CopyrightTerm Extension Act
aka
Mickey MouseProtection Act
No one cando to Disney, Inc.
what Walt Disney did tothe Brothers Grimm
<refrain>
1. Creativity andinnovation alwaysbuilds on the past.
2. The past alwaystries to controlthe creativity thatbuilds on it.
3. Free societiesenable the futureby limiting thepast.
4. Ours is less andless a freesociety.
</refrain>
(3)
differentnow
2002regulated creativity
2002regulated creativity
law:
©
©
©
©
©
“publishing” to“copying”
“copies” to“derivative works”
“14 years” to“life+70”
technology:
opaque creativity
controlling uses
law + technology:
law regulates “copies”
uses
unregulated
unregulated
read
unregulated
read give
unregulated
read
sell
give
unregulated
read
sell
give
sleep
unregulated
©
unregulated
©publish
unregulated
©
unregulated
©
fair use
unregulated
©
quote
uses
uses
• unregulated• regulated
• ©
uses
• unregulated• regulated
• ©
uses
• unregulated• fair use
• ©
uses
• unregulated• fair use
• ©
enter the net
everyacts acopy
everyact’s acopy
everyact’s acopy
unregulateduses
regulated
©
uses
• unregulated• fair use
• ©
<del>“fair use”
QuickTime™ and aSorenson Video decompressorare needed to see this picture.
<http://aibopet.com>
“teach your Aibojazz”
“[Y]our site containsinformation providing themeans to circumvent AIBO-ware's copy protectionprotocol constituting aviolation of the anti-
circumvention provisionsof the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act.”
uses
• unregulated• fair use
• ©
uses
©
controlled creativity
never more controlled
termscope
concentration
termscope
concentration
termscope
concentration
neverfewermore
neverfewermore
neverfewermore
1773
control
<refrain>
1. Creativity andinnovation alwaysbuilds on the past.
2. The past alwaystries to controlthe creativity thatbuilds on it.
3. Free societiesenable the futureby limiting thepast.
4. Ours is less andless a freesociety.
</refrain>
(4)
you
gnu
transparent creativity
free sharing
common base
createlike it’s
1790
proprietaryv.free
proprietaryv.free
for now
<refrain>
1. Creativity andinnovation alwaysbuilds on the past.
2. The past alwaystries to controlthe creativity thatbuilds on it.
3. Free societiesenable the futureby limiting thepast.
4. Ours is less andless a freesociety.
</refrain>
(5)
free code threatens
threats to free code
item:sw patents
Mr. Gates on sw patents:
If people hadunderstood how patentswould be granted whenmost of today’s ideaswere invented and hadtaken out patents, theindustry would be at acomplete stand-still
today.
The solution . . . ispatenting as much as we can.
. . . A future start-upwith no patents of its own
will be forced to paywhatever price the giantschoose to impose. Thatprice might be high:
Established companies havean interest in excluding
future competitors.
The solution . . . ispatenting as much as we can.
. . . A future start-upwith no patents of its own
will be forced to paywhatever price the giantschoose to impose. Thatprice might be high:
Established companies havean interest in excluding
future competitors.
Established companies havean interest in excluding
future competitors.
4 years
tiny changes
tim changes
q. todd changes
apologists
what have you done?
“excluding futurecompetitors”
defensive
offensive
what have you done?
item:copyright wars
homeric tragedy
$25,000
insane ruleswhole world
insane rulesfor the whole world
broadcast flag
mandated fritz chips
“police state in everycomputer”
digital vigilantes
“a terrorist war”
for what?
“to stop the harm”
the harm:5x-5%
the harm: 5x-5%
the harm: 5x-5%
what have you done?
<refrain>
1. Creativity andinnovation alwaysbuilds on the past.
2. The past alwaystries to controlthe creativity thatbuilds on it.
3. Free societiesenable the futureby limiting thepast.
4. Ours is less andless a freesociety.
</refrain>
(6)
JC Watts
“If you’re explaining,you’re losing.”
JC Watts
6 years
what have you done?
BoucherCannon
Hank Perritt
eff.org
do something
