The document discusses different stages of copyright reform and the debate around file sharing. It describes an initial stage of total control and panic by copyright holders, followed by stages of legal reform, abandoning DRM, and embracing Internet Service Provider (ISP)-level DRM. It notes trends around broadcast flags, universities censoring, and trade agreements. It also discusses whether to panic about or ignore file sharing rising, and losing legal and regulatory battles but winning practical ones. The implications for open source and acknowledgements are mentioned.

1. 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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4. The First Stage Panic Assert total control Enforce total control Frame the debate

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

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

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

9. 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)

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

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

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

14. Why It Matters For Open Source

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

17. Acknowledgements Rick Falkvinge (Swedish Pirate Party)

18. QuestionCopyright.org