the Internet vs.
Victor Hugo
Prague, 16 April 2009
Paul Keller, Knowledgeland

but what
about
buma?

give it 3
years...

Lawrence Lessig @ iSummit 2007
‘me vs. the Collecting Rights Societies’

CC-BY Kevin (KB35)flickr.com/people/kb35/

problem: exclusive assignment of
rights to the societies

#1: collecting society members are
looking for more flexibility....

... and #2: CC users are looking for
ways to collect royalties for
commercial uses of their works.

commercial use?

¥
€$
commercial use?

¥
€$
commercial use?
non-commercial use?

non-commercial use
commercial use

non-commercial use
commercial use

‘...It's historically inevitable: whenever
technology makes it impossible to police a
class of copyright use, we've solved the
problem by creating blanket licences.’
Cory Doctorow in the Guardian from 31/07/08

vote yes!

vote yes!