copyright review workshop
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Slides from a talk on 8 April 2008TRANSCRIPT
Copyright and new mediaCopyright review workshop
8 April 2008
Who am I?New media lawyer, blogger, social media nerd ...
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
Fair dealing
Use for judicial proceedings
Quotations
Illustrations for teaching
Ephemeral copies
Works delivered in public
Reproductions in press or broadcast
Official texts, political speeches, news of the day
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
Nine Inch NailsInnovation using Creative Commons licenses
Ghosts 1 to 4
Released under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike 3.0 US license
High quality audio files
No DRM!!!
Released onto BitTorrent and Pirate Bay
For sale on ghosts.nin.com
Ghosts 1 to 4
5 distribution options online
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?
Ultra-deluxe edition
Ultra-deluxe edition
$300
Ultra-deluxe edition
$300
2 500 produced
Ultra-deluxe edition
$300
2 500 produced
ALL SOLD OUT IN DAYS!
Ultra-deluxe edition
$300
2 500 produced
ALL SOLD OUT IN DAYS!
$750 000 straight to NIN
$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
Where can you find me?
paul.myplaxo.com
linkedin.com/in/paulj
twitter.com/pauljacobson
pownce.com/pauljacobson
Selected image credits*
Slide 2: Image by Cambodia4Kidsorg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/354932362/) licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license;
Slide 5: Free Content for a Free Society! 7/12 by Matthias Mehldau (Creative Commons BY 2.0) at http://flickr.com/photos/wetterfrosch/130493617/;
Slide 14: 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.
This presentation (with the exception of the images) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license
Find out more at creativecommons.org ... or ask me ...