Copyright Review Workshop Uct April 2008
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Copyright and new media Copyright review workshop 25 April 2008
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This is an update to my previous copyright review workshop presentation.
Transcript of Copyright Review Workshop Uct April 2008
Copyright and new media
Copyright review workshop25 April 2008
Who am I?
Don’t panic
Content licensing
What is copyright?
Exclusive rights
Works embodying intellectual content
Authorise others
Perform certain acts (for example, to exploit works for personal gain or profit)
Is sharing caring?
Copyright vests by default
Copyright Act 98 of 1978
Severely limits how content can be used without permission
Not conducive to Web 2.0 free luvin’
There are exemptions from copyright infringement
There is another option ...
Creative Commons licenses are free licenses that permit a range of uses of content licensed
under them
Creative Commons licenses work within the framework established by Copyright
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses
How about a practical example?
36 Ghosts IV by Nine Inch Nails released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike 3.0 US license
Free download (9 tracks)
$5 download (all 4 albums, high quality)*
$10 2 CD set (including download)
$75 deluxe edition 2 CD, 1 DVD, 1 Blu-ray disc (don’t forget the downloads)
$300 Ultra-deluxe edition superpack
* I bought one one these ... and I am barely a fan
So what happened?
2 500 x $300 = $750 000
$1 619 420 in the first week of sales*
*According to Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/03/13/nine-inch-nails-ghosts-i-iv-makes-trent-reznor-an-instant-millionaire/
Oh, and NIN isn’t signed to a major record label
and it isn’t just about the big bands
Jonathan Coulton
jonathancoulton.com
My contact details
Paul Jacobson
083 444 8260
pauljacobson.org
paul.myplaxo.com
linkedin.com/in/paulj
twitter.com/pauljacobson
pownce.com/pauljacobson
Where you can find me
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Selected image credits*
n Slide 2: Image by Cambodia4Kidsorg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/354932362/) licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license;
n Slide 6: Free Content for a Free Society! 7/12 by Matthias Mehldau (Creative Commons BY 2.0) at http://flickr.com/photos/wetterfrosch/130493617/;
n Slide 21: Thank You by Orin Optiglot (Creative Commons BY 2.0) at http://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/239595034/
*All images used have been licensed under Creative Commons license, are in the public domain or are used with permission. Where the images are licensed under Creative Commons license, the license permits commercial use. Due to a failing memory and a little laziness, not all images are properly attributed in this presentation.
