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I come to you from Los Angeles home of
I come to you from Los Angeles home of Hollywood studios and digital innovators
Hollywood studios and digital innovators
Hollywood studios and digital innovators to speak about the future of copyright
to speak about the future of copyright
to speak about the future of copyright law how do we peer 20 years into the
law how do we peer 20 years into the
law how do we peer 20 years into the future by going backwards 500 years ago
future by going backwards 500 years ago
future by going backwards 500 years ago right here in Rome a lively history of
right here in Rome a lively history of
right here in Rome a lively history of book publication helps to set the stage
book publication helps to set the stage
book publication helps to set the stage first we have to put it in context a few
first we have to put it in context a few
first we have to put it in context a few years earlier Eliyahu Hanavi Bacoor put
years earlier Eliyahu Hanavi Bacoor put
years earlier Eliyahu Hanavi Bacoor put the finishing touches on his book of
the finishing touches on his book of
the finishing touches on his book of Hebrew grammar journey on the paths of
Hebrew grammar journey on the paths of
Hebrew grammar journey on the paths of knowledge but a catastrophe broke out in
knowledge but a catastrophe broke out in
knowledge but a catastrophe broke out in his hometown of Padua and he was forced
his hometown of Padua and he was forced
his hometown of Padua and he was forced to flee an interloper got a hold of the
to flee an interloper got a hold of the
to flee an interloper got a hold of the manuscript and published it under his
manuscript and published it under his
manuscript and published it under his own name a whore received nothing based
own name a whore received nothing based
own name a whore received nothing based on that experience when before came to
on that experience when before came to
on that experience when before came to Rome he acted to safeguard his interests
Rome he acted to safeguard his interests
Rome he acted to safeguard his interests st. peter’s basilica was not yet
st. peter’s basilica was not yet
st. peter’s basilica was not yet constructed but the vatican on whose
constructed but the vatican on whose
constructed but the vatican on whose soil you’re sitting today was already
soil you’re sitting today was already
soil you’re sitting today was already long in operation of course thanks to
long in operation of course thanks to
long in operation of course thanks to the intercession of Cardinal Petrus
the intercession of Cardinal Petrus
the intercession of Cardinal Petrus adidas mejor received a papal privilege
adidas mejor received a papal privilege
adidas mejor received a papal privilege in his work he also turned surprisingly
in his work he also turned surprisingly
in his work he also turned surprisingly to the rabbi’s of Rome for a comparable
to the rabbi’s of Rome for a comparable
to the rabbi’s of Rome for a comparable grant and they accommodated him by
grant and they accommodated him by
grant and they accommodated him by granting the world’s first kitab dot a
granting the world’s first kitab dot a
granting the world’s first kitab dot a rabbinic privilege in one and the same
rabbinic privilege in one and the same
rabbinic privilege in one and the same work thus we see that the seeds were
work thus we see that the seeds were
work thus we see that the seeds were sown 500 years ago for the development
sown 500 years ago for the development
sown 500 years ago for the development of copyright here in Rome based on the
of copyright here in Rome based on the
of copyright here in Rome based on the unique cultural circumstances of the
unique cultural circumstances of the
unique cultural circumstances of the time as well as the technology extant at
time as well as the technology extant at
time as well as the technology extant at the beginning of the sixteenth century
the beginning of the sixteenth century
the beginning of the sixteenth century those circumstances were not limited to
those circumstances were not limited to
those circumstances were not limited to Italy at the same time the King granted
Italy at the same time the King granted
Italy at the same time the King granted the first royal privilege in England
the first royal privilege in England
the first royal privilege in England to the book that you see cited published
to the book that you see cited published
to the book that you see cited published by Richard Kinson now at this time in
by Richard Kinson now at this time in
by Richard Kinson now at this time in its development the printing press was
its development the printing press was
its development the printing press was suitable for producing books it did not
suitable for producing books it did not
suitable for producing books it did not yet extend to the other arts than extant
yet extend to the other arts than extant
yet extend to the other arts than extant such as painting and music admittedly my
such as painting and music admittedly my
such as painting and music admittedly my focus is rather parochial the vast
focus is rather parochial the vast
focus is rather parochial the vast majority of humankind was not concerned
majority of humankind was not concerned
majority of humankind was not concerned with book production nor with the legal
with book production nor with the legal
with book production nor with the legal protection for books rather almost
protection for books rather almost
protection for books rather almost everyone alive was working then in
everyone alive was working then in
everyone alive was working then in agriculture or else in the new
agriculture or else in the new
agriculture or else in the new technologies made possible by
technologies made possible by
technologies made possible by Renaissance advances law arises in
Renaissance advances law arises in
Renaissance advances law arises in response to the social situation of
response to the social situation of
response to the social situation of mankind and thus we see a host of
mankind and thus we see a host of
mankind and thus we see a host of regulations arising as to those
regulations arising as to those
regulations arising as to those industries that were developing and as
industries that were developing and as
industries that were developing and as to the rules in agriculture within that
to the rules in agriculture within that
to the rules in agriculture within that panoply copyright was but a small player
panoply copyright was but a small player
panoply copyright was but a small player and yet there were many developments in
and yet there were many developments in
and yet there were many developments in the field of copyright of which I have
the field of copyright of which I have
the field of copyright of which I have time to tell you about only one the main
time to tell you about only one the main
time to tell you about only one the main division in the field is between the
division in the field is between the
division in the field is between the anglo-american scheme which we can call
anglo-american scheme which we can call
anglo-american scheme which we can call copyright and was what what is followed
copyright and was what what is followed
copyright and was what what is followed here on the continent the dois toto
here on the continent the dois toto
here on the continent the dois toto system copyright is an instrumentalist
system copyright is an instrumentalist
system copyright is an instrumentalist device designed to give an incentive to
device designed to give an incentive to
device designed to give an incentive to authors by rewarding them for the works
authors by rewarding them for the works
authors by rewarding them for the works that they create on the other hand the
that they create on the other hand the
that they create on the other hand the dois total system emphasizes the natural
dois total system emphasizes the natural
dois total system emphasizes the natural and inherent bond between author and
and inherent bond between author and
and inherent bond between author and artistic progeny copyright therefore is
artistic progeny copyright therefore is
artistic progeny copyright therefore is based on economics whereas dois doto is
based on economics whereas dois doto is
based on economics whereas dois doto is based more on the moral rights
based more on the moral rights
based more on the moral rights underlying the system if we go ahead
underlying the system if we go ahead
underlying the system if we go ahead four hundred and fifty years
four hundred and fifty years
four hundred and fifty years we see that not that much happened in
we see that not that much happened in
we see that not that much happened in the interim 50 years ago in order to
the interim 50 years ago in order to
the interim 50 years ago in order to distribute books and large quantities
distribute books and large quantities
distribute books and large quantities you still needed to have access to a
you still needed to have access to a
you still needed to have access to a printing press and the same thing
printing press and the same thing
printing press and the same thing applied to those who wish to distribute
applied to those who wish to distribute
applied to those who wish to distribute music 40 years ago or even
music 40 years ago or even
music 40 years ago or even motion-picture 30 years ago but today
motion-picture 30 years ago but today
motion-picture 30 years ago but today everything is different
everything is different
everything is different thanks to the internet works can be
thanks to the internet works can be
thanks to the internet works can be published and disseminated all across
published and disseminated all across
published and disseminated all across the globe a turning point happened in
the globe a turning point happened in
the globe a turning point happened in 1994 when a lyricist for the Grateful
1994 when a lyricist for the Grateful
1994 when a lyricist for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the Electronic
Dead and co-founder of the Electronic
Dead and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation published a digital
Frontier Foundation published a digital
Frontier Foundation published a digital manifesto in Wired magazine proclaiming
manifesto in Wired magazine proclaiming
manifesto in Wired magazine proclaiming the death of copyright under the mantra
the death of copyright under the mantra
the death of copyright under the mantra information wants to be free the reality
information wants to be free the reality
information wants to be free the reality is more nuanced as Stuart brand pointed
is more nuanced as Stuart brand pointed
is more nuanced as Stuart brand pointed out ten years earlier information does
out ten years earlier information does
out ten years earlier information does want to be free because it is so cheap
want to be free because it is so cheap
want to be free because it is so cheap to distribute paradoxically though
to distribute paradoxically though
to distribute paradoxically though information wants to be expensive
information wants to be expensive
information wants to be expensive because it is so valuable
because it is so valuable
because it is so valuable we see ourselves at an inflection point
we see ourselves at an inflection point
we see ourselves at an inflection point equivalent perhaps to what happened in
equivalent perhaps to what happened in
equivalent perhaps to what happened in the Renaissance with the development of
the Renaissance with the development of
the Renaissance with the development of the printing press and the upheaval is
the printing press and the upheaval is
the printing press and the upheaval is all over
all over
all over throughout the law and especially in the
throughout the law and especially in the
throughout the law and especially in the law of copyright the zeitgeist has
law of copyright the zeitgeist has
law of copyright the zeitgeist has responded we can find many articles
responded we can find many articles
responded we can find many articles calling copyright the enemy of free
calling copyright the enemy of free
calling copyright the enemy of free expression
indeed the tension plays out in two
indeed the tension plays out in two books with similar names on the one hand
books with similar names on the one hand
books with similar names on the one hand says wired editor Chris Anderson free is
says wired editor Chris Anderson free is
says wired editor Chris Anderson free is the natural price point for all works of
the natural price point for all works of
the natural price point for all works of authorship on the other responds
authorship on the other responds
authorship on the other responds journalist Robert Levine those who take
journalist Robert Levine those who take
journalist Robert Levine those who take advantage of Napster and its successors
advantage of Napster and its successors
advantage of Napster and its successors are digital parasites sucking the life
are digital parasites sucking the life
are digital parasites sucking the life out of culture
indeed the word free itself is a
indeed the word free itself is a misnomer as it arises only when someone
misnomer as it arises only when someone
misnomer as it arises only when someone has made a considerable investment in
has made a considerable investment in
has made a considerable investment in hardware when people obtain music or
hardware when people obtain music or
hardware when people obtain music or movies for free it could be that the
movies for free it could be that the
movies for free it could be that the Creator is getting nothing but that does
Creator is getting nothing but that does
Creator is getting nothing but that does not mean that nobody is profiting in the
not mean that nobody is profiting in the
not mean that nobody is profiting in the process so where does all this take us a
process so where does all this take us a
process so where does all this take us a book that was published earlier this
book that was published earlier this
book that was published earlier this week gives the prediction of futurist
week gives the prediction of futurist
week gives the prediction of futurist Vivek Wadhwa he previewed it already in
Vivek Wadhwa he previewed it already in
Vivek Wadhwa he previewed it already in the press the first proposition is the
the press the first proposition is the
the press the first proposition is the familiar trope anything that can be
familiar trope anything that can be
familiar trope anything that can be digitized will be the second one is also
digitized will be the second one is also
digitized will be the second one is also not far from our consciousness given the
not far from our consciousness given the
not far from our consciousness given the radical changes we have seen in so many
radical changes we have seen in so many
radical changes we have seen in so many labor markets your job has a significant
labor markets your job has a significant
labor markets your job has a significant chance of being eliminated when you lose
chance of being eliminated when you lose
chance of being eliminated when you lose your job the natural tendency would be
your job the natural tendency would be
your job the natural tendency would be for you to look for a new job and yet
for you to look for a new job and yet
for you to look for a new job and yet maybe even that will change life could
maybe even that will change life could
maybe even that will change life could become so affordable that you will not
become so affordable that you will not
become so affordable that you will not even need to have a job the dismal
even need to have a job the dismal
even need to have a job the dismal science of economics will fall away in
science of economics will fall away in
science of economics will fall away in that future world of Plenty so how will
that future world of Plenty so how will
that future world of Plenty so how will you spend your time when all is leisure
you spend your time when all is leisure
you spend your time when all is leisure by starting a blog
by starting a blog
by starting a blog perhaps by watching your daughter and
perhaps by watching your daughter and
perhaps by watching your daughter and her grandmother combine to make a video
her grandmother combine to make a video
her grandmother combine to make a video mashup or as hip-hop
mashup or as hip-hop
mashup or as hip-hop all up and down the block people might
all up and down the block people might
all up and down the block people might be creating new sculptures and poems and
be creating new sculptures and poems and
be creating new sculptures and poems and videogames life can be lived for the
videogames life can be lived for the
videogames life can be lived for the sake of art as was available in the past
sake of art as was available in the past
sake of art as was available in the past only to a privileged few
in this future everyone gets to be a
in this future everyone gets to be a diva James Cameron will still direct but
diva James Cameron will still direct but
diva James Cameron will still direct but he will be in head-to-head competition
he will be in head-to-head competition
he will be in head-to-head competition with the fifteen-year-old next door and
with the fifteen-year-old next door and
with the fifteen-year-old next door and another from rural India each can
another from rural India each can
another from rural India each can continue to hone their art regardless of
continue to hone their art regardless of
continue to hone their art regardless of popularity now I do not know if wide
popularity now I do not know if wide
popularity now I do not know if wide buzz vision will be the accurate
buzz vision will be the accurate
buzz vision will be the accurate prediction twenty years from now but if
prediction twenty years from now but if
prediction twenty years from now but if it is we will see upheaval across
it is we will see upheaval across
it is we will see upheaval across numerous industries and as those
numerous industries and as those
numerous industries and as those industries cease to exist the law will
industries cease to exist the law will
industries cease to exist the law will fall away that govern them what will
fall away that govern them what will
fall away that govern them what will remain however is the law for the works
remain however is the law for the works
remain however is the law for the works of authorship that people will continue
of authorship that people will continue
of authorship that people will continue to create and thus copyright law will
to create and thus copyright law will
to create and thus copyright law will remain with us but that field itself
remain with us but that field itself
remain with us but that field itself must change I’ve already told you that
must change I’ve already told you that
must change I’ve already told you that copyright derived from the Royal
copyright derived from the Royal
copyright derived from the Royal privilege and indeed even to this day
privilege and indeed even to this day
privilege and indeed even to this day the word that is used for the money
the word that is used for the money
the word that is used for the money earned by authors is a royalty so in
earned by authors is a royalty so in
earned by authors is a royalty so in that future world where people are not
that future world where people are not
that future world where people are not working jobs for money that situation no
working jobs for money that situation no
working jobs for money that situation no longer pertains how then does
longer pertains how then does
longer pertains how then does anglo-american copyright law give a
anglo-american copyright law give a
anglo-american copyright law give a reward to authors for creating works
reward to authors for creating works
reward to authors for creating works well the interesting answer is that
well the interesting answer is that
well the interesting answer is that reward comes through the recognition
reward comes through the recognition
reward comes through the recognition that those authors garner and
that those authors garner and
that those authors garner and wonderfully that device is exactly the
wonderfully that device is exactly the
wonderfully that device is exactly the same one that has always undergirded
same one that has always undergirded
same one that has always undergirded continental theory in the doís a la
continental theory in the doís a la
continental theory in the doís a la fecha límite the attribution right this
fecha límite the attribution right this
fecha límite the attribution right this perspective also brings together the two
perspective also brings together the two
perspective also brings together the two views that we also that we already saw
views that we also that we already saw
views that we also that we already saw from those complementary books Robert
from those complementary books Robert
from those complementary books Robert Levine is correct that authors who
Levine is correct that authors who
Levine is correct that authors who create works must retain the ability to
create works must retain the ability to
create works must retain the ability to control them but Chris Anderson all
control them but Chris Anderson all
control them but Chris Anderson all so has a point that if nobody is working
so has a point that if nobody is working
so has a point that if nobody is working for money then authors too will give it
for money then authors too will give it
for money then authors too will give it away for free this focus on control
away for free this focus on control
away for free this focus on control brings our fundamental word author back
brings our fundamental word author back
brings our fundamental word author back to its Latin cognates authors must have
to its Latin cognates authors must have
to its Latin cognates authors must have the authority to authorize the works
the authority to authorize the works
the authority to authorize the works that they create
art can be its own reward
art can be its own reward seamlessly integrated with life for
seamlessly integrated with life for
seamlessly integrated with life for those who love to create and we are all
those who love to create and we are all
those who love to create and we are all natural-born storytellers the difference
natural-born storytellers the difference
natural-born storytellers the difference is in the future we will no longer need
is in the future we will no longer need
is in the future we will no longer need to punch a time clock so my journey from
to punch a time clock so my journey from
to punch a time clock so my journey from Los Angeles which means the Angels ends
Los Angeles which means the Angels ends
Los Angeles which means the Angels ends right next door at the Castel
right next door at the Castel
right next door at the Castel Sant’Angelo also named after an angel
Sant’Angelo also named after an angel
Sant’Angelo also named after an angel these ruminations evoke the better
these ruminations evoke the better
these ruminations evoke the better angels of our nature in this vision
angels of our nature in this vision
angels of our nature in this vision copyright law leads us towards a
copyright law leads us towards a
copyright law leads us towards a brighter future thank you
brighter future thank you
brighter future thank you [Applause]
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