Access to culture has never seemed easier with the switch to digital. Yet, at the same time, it has also become totally different from in the analogue days. We don‘t own our books, movies or music as we did before. This podcast is a journey to discover how culture is captured behind the copyright walls.
Fred von Lohmann: Copyright Battles, the US DMCA and EU Copyright Directive, Filters, and Interfaces
In this final bonus Walled Culture podcast episode, we welcome Fred von Lohmann, former Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Google copyright counsel.
29 Sept 2022
Glyn Moody: Walled Culture - A Journey Behind the Copyright Bricks
Glyn Moody has been writing about copyright, digital rights, and the Internet for 30 years. He is the editor of the Walled Culture project and author of Walled Culture - the Book (freely available as ebook). He previously wrote ‘Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution’. He explains how the Walled Culture project is a reflection on digital copyright going wrong, and how copyright and the Internet have shown to be fundamentally incompatible. Glyn highlights how there’s no escaping copyright in an online world. He shares some copyright absurdities, with big content fighting the visually impaired and initiatives like Project Gutenberg and Google Books. He talks about how Big Content put on shackles on libraries thanks to Digital Rights Management (DRM), and reflects on the injustice of the Big Publishers’ suing the Internet Archive. Glyn points out how Big Academic Publishers hijacked the shift towards open access to benefit their bottom line, while pointing out that diamond open access shows that we can move away from the academic publishing business. He recalls how Big Record Labels went on a rampage, suing grandmothers and children, neglecting the opportunity to give consumers what they wanted. Glyn describes Big Content’s push for copyright enforcement, from the French three strikes mechanism to the SOPA and ACTA battles, while emphasising how copyright laws got skewed towards Big Content. He talks about the failures surrounding the EU Copyright Directive and the looming dangers of upload filters. He further highlights how copyright no longer promotes culture but harms it, and how it’s about protecting Big Content, not creators. Glyn concludes by reflecting on a possible way forward: building on creators’ true fans.
📌Time Stamp⏲️[00:00] Intro⏲️[01:05] Walled Culture: Digital copyright going wrong⏲️[03:51] Copyright vs. the Internet: Fundamentally incompatible⏲️[06:44] Who gives a toss about copyright: In an online world you should⏲️[08:27] Copyright absurdities - Part 1: Big Content vs the visually impaired⏲️[10:26] Copyright absurdities - Part 2: Big Content vs Project Gutenberg & Google Books⏲️[13:31] Digital Rights Management (DRM): Big content putting the shackles on libraries⏲️[15:33] Big Publishers suing the Internet Archive⏲️[17:58] Big Academic Publishers & open access: One step forward, two steps back⏲️[21:55] Diamond open access: Moving away from the academic publishing business⏲️[24:55] Preprints: More eyeballs scrutinising academic research⏲️[26:40] Big Record Labels on a rampage: Suing grandmothers & children⏲️[30:52] People pay: If you offer them what they want on fair terms⏲️[34:24] Big Content’s push for Copyright enforcement: From three strikes to SOPA and ACTA⏲️[39:06] The impact of copyright on our digital lives⏲️[40:05] Copyright laws: Skewed towards Big Content⏲️[44:17] The EU Copyright Directive: How not to bring copyright into the digital age⏲️[45:12] The EU Copyright Directive: No freedom of panorama⏲️[46:58] The EU Copyright Directive upload filters: It’s going to be bad⏲️[52:00] Stopping preservation: Copyright no longer promotes culture but harms it⏲️[55:35] Busting copyright’s creator myth: It’s about protecting Big Content⏲️[57:51] The power of true fans
📌Guest of this Episode🎙️ Glyn MoodyEditor of the Walled Culture project and author of Walled Culture - the Book🌐 Book: https://walledculture.org/the-book/🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/glynmoody🌐 Diaspora: https://joindiaspora.com/people/4cfe755c2c1743364f000890🌐 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody
25 Aug 2022
Mike Masnick: Techdirt, Supporting Creators, the SOPA/PIPA Battle, and NFTs
Mike Masnick explores the intersection of technology, innovation, policy, law, civil liberties, and economics, being the founder & editor of the popular Techdirt blog, as well as the founder of the Silicon Valley think tank, the Copia Institute.
He notably talks about Techdirt’s creation, how copyright puts up barriers to information flows and hinders economic growth, the concepts of abundance and scarcity in a digital world, and how copyright’s original intent got lost to the detriment of the public domain. Mike looks at how opportunities for new business models arose that helped create a ‘flywheel of support’ for creators, whilst observing that copyright made creators vulnerable to exploitation by big content. He looks back at the impact the SOPA/PIPA fight made, and the powerful Internet blackout linked to the protests against these Bills. Mike explains his thinking behind the ‘Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech’ essay he wrote for the Knight First Amendment Institute. He also briefly talks about the EU’s new digital rulebook. Finally, he reflects on the idea that the NFT space, once the hype, nonsense and craziness have moved away, could help stimulate the thinking about how to actually support artists in creative and clever ways that make sense for everybody and that align the incentives much better.
📌Time Stamp⏲️[00:00] Intro⏲️[01:47] Techdirt’s creation: copyright putting up barriers to information flows⏲️[05:07] From Thomas Jefferson’s thinking to copyright hindering economic growth⏲️[11:10] Copyright’s original intent got lost to the detriment of the public domain⏲️[15:47] Abundance and scarcity in a digital world⏲️[19:55] Creating a ‘flywheel of support’ for creators: opportunities for new business models⏲️[24:14] Copyright made creators vulnerable to exploitation by big content⏲️[26:54] The SOPA/PIPA battle put the breaks on the ‘clockwork-like expansion’ of copyright law⏲️[32:33] How activism drove the Internet blackout in protest of SOPA/PIPA⏲️[37:02] The SOPA fight put the breaks on term extensions⏲️[40:55] The thinking behind the ‘Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech’ essay⏲️[49:27] The EU’s new digital rulebook: portability vs interoperability⏲️[52:30] Reflecting on the NFT space’s potential value for creators
📌Guest of this Episode🎙️Mike MasnickFounder & Editor of Techdirt (https://www.techdirt.com)🌐 https://www.techdirt.com/user/mmasnick | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmasnick 🐦 https://twitter.com/mmasnick | https://twitter.com/techdirt🌐 Check Mike's essay “Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech” :https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech
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