Category Archives: copyright

A new, yet formalised way forward

by Jonas Posted on 19/3/2010

Bennett Lincoff proposes a digital transmission right for the Internet. He argues that the Net is fundamentally incompatible with the old business model of selling individual copies of popular culture. In his proposal, a digital transmission right would replace copyright as we currently know it on the Internet. In this posting, I reflect on his proposal from various points of view. Continue reading →

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The carrot and the schtick?

by Jonas Posted on 31/10/2008

The current debate on file-sharing in Sweden presents two strands of corporatist state intervention which go in two different ways. One proposes allowing totally free file-sharing, while the other implements a repressive policing system against uploaders/seeders. The two proposals – albeit similarly interventionist – clash with each other, appearing entirely incompatible. Continue reading →

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Creative Commons consolidates old-school copyright? That argument is secondary

by Jonas Posted on 29/9/2006

There is a type of criticism against Creative Commons which has grown quite prominent within the copyleft recently. The main tenet in this line of argumentation seems to be that Creative Commons through its reliance on the existing copyright regime actually reinforces copyright. Instead of supporting those instances of production that are small-scale or not-for-profit – something which CC might be able to do pretty well – all attempts at protecting producer rights are deemed as, by default, corrosive. Continue reading →

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