Adventures in Copyright Reform Who's making the inevitable evitable? Karl Fogel [email_address] with special guest... Rick Falkvinge (Swedish Pirate Party) www.piratpartiet.se

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The First Stage Panic Assert total control Enforce total control Frame the debate

Panic

Assert total control

Enforce total control

Frame the debate

The Second Stage Legal reform (DMCA) Coordinated public campaign International “normalization” Frame the debate

Legal reform (DMCA)

Coordinated public campaign

International “normalization”

Frame the debate

The Sophisticated Stage Don't confront the users abandon user-level DRM Control the providers embrace ISP-level DRM

Don't confront the users

abandon user-level DRM

Control the providers

embrace ISP-level DRM

The Sophisticated Stage Don't confront the users abandon user-level DRM Use the providers embrace ISP-level DRM

Don't confront the users

abandon user-level DRM

Use the providers

embrace ISP-level DRM

The Sophisticated Stage Don't confront the users abandon user-level DRM Use the providers embrace ISP-level DRM Taking it global legally technically socially (guilt by association)

Don't confront the users

abandon user-level DRM

Use the providers

embrace ISP-level DRM

Taking it global

legally

technically

socially (guilt by association)

Trends Broadcast flags Universities as censors Cable Plug-n'-play Brazil = Japan ? Europe pro-DRM movement Australian/US trade agreement

Broadcast flags

Universities as censors

Cable Plug-n'-play

Brazil = Japan ?

Europe pro-DRM movement

Australian/US trade agreement

Don't Panic Ignore Previous Instruction Filesharing continues to rise Losing on legal, regulatory fronts... ...but winning on practical fronts. Government motivations largely benign

Ignore Previous Instruction

Filesharing continues to rise

Losing on legal, regulatory fronts...

...but winning on practical fronts.

Government motivations largely benign

Panic Obey Previous Instruction Filesharing remains underground Losing on legal, regulatory fronts... ...and on technical fronts. Infrastructure becomes government

Obey Previous Instruction

Filesharing remains underground

Losing on legal, regulatory fronts...

...and on technical fronts.

Infrastructure becomes government

Why It Matters For Open Source

Acknowledgements Seth Schoen (EFF) Peter Eckersley (EFF) Gwen Hinze (EFF) Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) EFF (EFF)

Seth Schoen (EFF)

Peter Eckersley (EFF)

Gwen Hinze (EFF)

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

EFF (EFF)

Acknowledgements Rick Falkvinge (Swedish Pirate Party)

Rick Falkvinge (Swedish Pirate Party)

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