“Earlier generations
of technology
have presented
challenges to
copyright law ...
– John V. Pavlik,
New Media Technology, 1996

“... but none have
posed the same
threat as the
digital age."
– John V. Pavlik,
New Media Technology, 1996

Eureka!Cup zal hiertoe een factuur uitbrengen.
“It’s only a flesh wound
new distribution medium!”

Eureka!Cup zal hiertoe een factuur uitbrengen.

Meer dan
112 miljoen
weblogs

Twee miljoen Hyves

Dertig miljoen Facebooks

100 miljoen Myspacers

19 miljoen
Wikipedia-lemma’s

Tien uur Youtube-films

erbij per dag

6 miljoen Twitteraars

Conversatie

(Kakofonie)

Creëren

Copypasten

Remixen

Herpubliceren

Verspreiden

Gewoon, omdat het kan.

“People like to create and
wish to share. In many
cases they will do so
without financial reward.”
– James Boyle,
'The Public Domain: The Commons of the mind'

“The gumball
machine broke and
all the gumballs
are rolling down
the floor.”
– Howard E. King,
advocaat van Metallica en Dr. Dre
in de Napster zaak, 2000

“Everything you do
touches copyrights.”
– Lawrence Lessig, "Free Culture", 2002

WIPO
Auteursrechtverdrag

DMCA

Auteursrechten-
richtlijn

“Heavy-handed rhetoric
and enforcement
practices bred less
respect for the law,
not more, ...”
– Computer Science and Telecommunications
Board of the National Research Council, 2000

“... and left people
feeling justified in
flouting the law.”
– Computer Science and Telecommunications
Board of the National Research Council, 2000

“Copyright will
probably have to
break down completely
before it is corrected.”
– Nicholas Negroponte, Being Digital, 1995

Bron: Big Balloon

Eigendomsdenken

Auteursrecht

Intellectueel
eigendom

Eigendom

Schaarste

Geen schaarste

Overvloed

“Information
wants to be free”

“On the one hand
information
wants to be expensive
because it’s so valuable.”
– Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Review, May 1985, p. 49.

“On the other hand,
information wants to be free
because the cost of getting it
out is getting lower and lower.”
– Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Review, May 1985, p. 49.

Balans

“What we need is an
appreciation of what
authors and users
have in common.”
– Abraham Drassinower, 2009

Conversaties

Mededeling
aan het publiek

Conversatie
met het publiek

“Persons are entitled to use
the works of others provided
such use is consistent with
the equal authorship
of those others.”
– Abraham Drassinower, 2009

“Great value comes from
leaving core resources in a
commons, where they’re free
for people to build upon as
they see fit.”
– Lawrence Lessig, 2002