Cybercitizen's Need for Cybercitizen's Need for

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Predrag PalePredrag Pale

Predrag Pale Cybercitizen's Need for Copyright LIDA 20001., Dubrovnik

CopyrightCopyrightCopyrightCopyright

the wish of an individual (and/or the wish of an individual (and/or institution)institution)

to protect own information product to protect own information product from from

changechangeabuse and misuseabuse and misuse

to gain and restrict to gain and restrict financial benefit of own previous workfinancial benefit of own previous work

Predrag Pale Cybercitizen's Need for Copyright LIDA 20001., Dubrovnik

The world copyright comes The world copyright comes fromfromThe world copyright comes The world copyright comes fromfrom to publish is to publish is

difficultdifficult– technologically, organizationallytechnologically, organizationally

expensiveexpensive– financially, time-visefinancially, time-vise

exclusiveexclusive– small number of authors and publisherssmall number of authors and publishers– monopoliesmonopolies

limitedlimited– limited reach of informationlimited reach of information– geographicallygeographically– by interestby interest– filtered, censoredfiltered, censored

Predrag Pale Cybercitizen's Need for Copyright LIDA 20001., Dubrovnik

The world copyright is going The world copyright is going totoThe world copyright is going The world copyright is going toto

to publish is to publish is simplesimpleinexpensiveinexpensivebroadly availablebroadly availableunlimitedunlimited

publisher is often not neededpublisher is often not needed the motivation to publish the motivation to publish

is not always financial profitis not always financial profit

Predrag Pale Cybercitizen's Need for Copyright LIDA 20001., Dubrovnik

Almost impossible to enforce the copyrightAlmost impossible to enforce the copyright

once released into the Netcopied and stored for technical reasons

proxies, local caches, back-up, archives

illegal copies popping up on servers and vanishing

translations in other languagesimpossible to detect copies automatically

impossible to identify the violator

Predrag Pale Cybercitizen's Need for Copyright LIDA 20001., Dubrovnik

Document protectionDocument protection a general need

also outside of scope of copyright today

digital signature tomorrow

public trusted "archives"

new methods and systems will provideauthorship verificationintegrity verificationacceptable use policy determination

Predrag Pale Cybercitizen's Need for Copyright LIDA 20001., Dubrovnik

"Open source" philosophy"Open source" philosophy to "sell" a "product"

I need to make a "package"I need to maintain it

as byproduct of my workbits and pieces useful to othersI will NOT lose anything by sharing them

in my workI would like to use other people's bits and pieces

therefore I publish many things for freeand feel good when other people use them

Predrag Pale Cybercitizen's Need for Copyright LIDA 20001., Dubrovnik

PaymentsPaymentsdigital cash

highly secure payment due to low risk

no fear to pay due to anonymity

very easy to pay digital valet: an agent on MY computer

micro payments possible very cheap payments

it is safe, easy, fast and cheap to payeven the smallest amounts: 10 cents

Predrag Pale Cybercitizen's Need for Copyright LIDA 20001., Dubrovnik

ConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusion everyone is an authoreveryone is an author

great variety of works publishedgreat variety of works published publishing is cheappublishing is cheap

direct relationship between author and audiencedirect relationship between author and audience copyright need is NOT growing copyright need is NOT growing

at least not proportionallyat least not proportionally alternatives for protection needsalternatives for protection needs

trusted public "archives"trusted public "archives" consumers change behaviorconsumers change behavior

micro paymentsmicro payments

Predrag Pale Cybercitizen's Need for Copyright LIDA 20001., Dubrovnik

Thus, copyright is going toThus, copyright is going toThus, copyright is going toThus, copyright is going to

have decreased importancehave decreased importance only for specificonly for specific

publisherspublishersauthorsauthorsworkwork

Problems of enforcing Problems of enforcing copyright in Cyberworld copyright in Cyberworld

globallyglobally

Problems of enforcing Problems of enforcing copyright in Cyberworld copyright in Cyberworld

globallyglobally

will NOT present an obstacle will NOT present an obstacle for use and development of publishing for use and development of publishing

of all kinds in Cyberworldof all kinds in Cyberworld

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