The document summarizes Gregory Engels' presentation on copyright for the digital age. It discusses problems with the current copyright system, including that it prioritizes content industries over authors and consumers. It inhibits creation of new works and the application of copyright laws to new technologies. The presentation recommends allowing free licenses like Creative Commons, lessening protection periods, and introducing fair use to address these issues.
2. Copyright for the
digital age
Gregory Engels, Co-Chairman
Pirate Parties International (PPI)
Presentation for UNESCO Conference with Moroccan Internet Society on
Freedom of Expression over the Internet,
Marrakech, Morocco, 16 February 2013.
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• Copyright 2013 by Gregory Engels,
Pirate Parties International. Except
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4. “Even the good
become pirates in a
world where the rules
seem absurd.”
Lawrence Lessing -
Remix
5. Pirate Parties
International
(PPI)
• Founded April
2010 in
Brussels
• 29 Pirate
Parties from 5
continents
• rapidly
growing
movement
Source: Piratetimes.net
7. Copyright - an Overview
• Originated 1710 in Statute of Anne
• Printers were given exclusive power
to print (and obligation to censor)
literary works
• has faced constant extension ever
since
17. Creative Commons
• A license set that allows an author to
abandon voluntarily a some of his
rights, under certain conditions
• Allows for non commercial usage
• Not possible in many countries,
including Morocco, where authors
rights are unalienable
18.
19. Open Access
• Idea that scientific research papers
should be free accessible
• 10% of all scientific publications as of
today
• 100% of OA journals use CC licenses
29. Policy Recommendations
• If you go to change only three thing in
Copyright, change this:
• allow free licenses like Creative
Commons
• significantly lessen protection
periods
• introduce fair use clause