Book: The Case for Copyright Reform

Pirate MEP Christian Engström and Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge just presented their book The Case for Copyright Reform in the European Parlament.

On the web page www.copyrightreform.eu you can find it for free in various electronic formats (PDF, ePub, OD etc.). If you are on a mobile phone, you might want to go to the mobile-friendly minimalistic HTML-file, to start reading on your browser at once.

And if you are sitting by your computer, and have Flash installed, you can read it right here, right now:

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Do you prefer a book on paper? Order it at Lulu (ww) or Books on Demand (Scandinavia).

Harvard Business Review: "Big Content" Is Strangling Innovation

Here is an American perspective...

Harvard Business Review: "Big Content" Is Strangling American Innovation

I principle, the same can be said about Europe. The music and film industries unwillingnes to adopt to new technology and to a changing market damages innovation climate, growth and development.

The Economist: Having a ball

This article in The Economist shows how Artists and the Music Industry comes out rather well – even in an Online World with Filesharing and Hyper Distribution.

A related comment: Pirate MEP Christian Engström – What’s working in music.

Copying Is Not Theft

Our free culture anthem gets a fabulous arrangement by Nik Phelps. Vocals by Connie Champagne. Animation and song by Nina Paley.

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When Copyright Goes Bad

A film by Ben Cato Clough and Luke Upchurch.

Suddenly, copyright rules no longer do what they are supposed to do. They have gone bad.

This is a film about how copyright has become one of the most important consumer issues of the digital age; why corporate lobbying risks criminalising the actions of hundreds of thousands of people; and what the future holds for the fight for fairer copyright laws.

When Copyright Goes Bad is an introduction to the renegotiation of copyright and is for anyone interested in how copyright is affecting consumers. It features some of the key players in the copyright debate, including:

Fred Von Lohmann - Electronic Frontier Foundation; Michael Geist - University of Ottawa Law School; Jim Killock - Open Rights Group; and Hank Shocklee - Co-founder of Public Enemy.

For more, visit www.A2Knetwork.org/film

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Lawrence Lessig on Copyright laws

Stanford Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig talks about the problems and shortcomings of current copyright laws and discusses solutions on how to revise copyright laws to end the war on prohibition and build on a new hybrid economy.

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How Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism

Presented by Stephan Kinsella at the 2010 Mises Institute Supporters Summit. Recorded in Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.

Stephan Kinsellas web-page.

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Michele Boldrin: Against Intellectual Monopoly

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Cato Institute . Book Forum . November 10, 2008

http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5362

All Creative Work Is Derivative

Illustrating how all creative work builds on what came before. Photographed and animated by Nina Paley. Music by Todd Michaelsen ("Sita's String Theory"). Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. More information here.

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Copyright & Patent Laws Are Hurting the Economy

Patent and copyright law are stifling innovation and threatening the global economy according to two economists at Washington University in St. Louis in a new book, Against Intellectual Monopoly. Professors Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine call for abolishing the current patent and copyright system in order to unleash innovations necessary to reverse the current recession and rescue the economy. The professors discuss their stand against intellectual property protections in this video.

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Larry Lessig: Creativity is being strangled by law

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The Future of Copyright

The Future of Copyright from Bobby Martiniello on Vimeo.

Podcast: Boldrin on Intellectual Property

From EconTalk, Libary of Economics and Liberty:

"Michele Boldrin of Washington University in St. Louis talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about intellectual property and Boldrin's book, co-written with David Levine, Against Intellectual Property." 

"Boldrin argues that copyright and patent are used by the politically powerful to maintain monopoly profits. He argues that the incentive effects that have been used to justify copyright and patents are exaggerated–few examples from history suggest that the temporary and not-so-temporary monopoly power from copyright and patents were necessary to induce innovation." 

"Boldrin reviews some of that evidence and talks about the nature of competition."

Listen directly / download the podcast as an MP3-file, download the book (legally) and find relevant links here. »

Chris Anderson: The Future of Free

Chris Anderson, author of FREE: The Future of a Radical Price, talks about how the value of information and services is not always best tied to price.

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What is Creative Commons?

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Creative Commons - A Shared Culture

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Document Freedom Day 2011

Document Freedom Day (European Parliament) from Henrik Alexandersson on Vimeo.

Seminar held on Document Freedom Day 2011 (30 April) in the European Parliament.

With Kaido Kikkas (Estonian IT College & Tallin University), Håkon Wium Lie (Opera Software) and Stefan Gradmann (Europeana & Humboldt-University in Berlin). Arranged by members of the Grens/EFA-group in the EP.

A bit on the long side, but very interesting for everyone who wants to look around the corner, when it comes to Information Society, IT and the Internet. Open Standards and a broad Public Domain can help expand access to culture and information.

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Lecture: How do the Artists get Paid?

Here you can find documentation from the seminar "How can Europes Creators get a Fair Deal in the Digital World?" in the European Parliament.

Read, see and listen to Professor Roger Wallis and Dr Lars-Erik Eriksson:

Sound file (MP3, 28,7 MB)
PowerPoint-slides
Video at Vimeo
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