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Genero nettskap
1. By Øystein Jakobsen (FriBit)
Oystein.jakobsen@fribit.no
For Nettskap 2.0 Workshop 12.11 2010
English
2. About the Copyright stalemate
● None
● Statute of Anne 1709
● US Constitution 1790
● Bern convention 1886
● Recent developments
● ”Mickey Mouse Forever”
● Copyright on Software
● HADOPI
● ACTA
● Patents on methods and biology
3. Introducing Copyleft
● Free Software Foundation
● Open Source Initiative
● Creative Commons
● Wikimedia
● Free Culture Forum
4. Theoretical foundation for Genero
● When marginal cost approaches 0, the unit cost will approach
0
– “The penny gap”
– Google mail, Google maps
● “Innovation happens elsewhere”
– Let others innovate on your content or platform
– Amazon, programmable web
● Reduction of transaction costs
– Legal, technological, normative and social
– Pirate bay
● Distributed services
– Create a network through standards instead of services
– Identi.ca instead of Twitter, Diaspora instead of Facebook
5. The architecture of the internet
● Set of standards
● TCP-IP, HTML, CSS
● Set of rules
● Net Neutrality
● Set of technologies
● DNS
● Service providers
● ISP's, Domain registrars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_map_1024.jpg
9. Problems with conventional distribution models
- Vertical integration
- Bilateral agreements
- Common interest groups
- Complicated permission regime
- High risk
- No consumer rights
- Constant lawsuits
- Damages the Internet
Less competition
Inefficient
Unhappy
customer base
10. Principles for designing Genero
● Non-exclusive
● End-to-end principle
● Encourage new distribution channels
● Use and reuse must be permitted and promoted.
● Regular behavior by regular people must be
permitted.
● Conventional law enforcement at a minimum
17. Genero Initiative
Standards organisation to maintain the Genero system
● Defines the Registry behaviour
● Rules for distributors and aggregators
● Maintains the Genero licence
● Maintains the Attribution guidelines
● Provide support functions
22. Sample endorsements
● ...Genero provides the basic platform for new business models around
free culture to emerge.
– Cory Doctorow, author
● ..[Genero] can make it possible to easier distribute digital media in the
libraries.
– Nils Pharo, Project manager
● ... Genero is a key way to find the benefits of global scale business
models of the future that reconciles both old and new ways to create.
– Mario Pena, Community and Business Manager
23. Progress
● Getting commitment for standardisation proves
difficult
– Librarians are enthusiastic, libraries reserved
– Insiders are helping
● Key partners enlisted
– Open Educational Resources
– P2P foundation
– Creative Commons