Day 1: The Public Domain
The public domain is our cultural commons and a crucial resource for innovation and access to knowledge. Copyright should strive to promote, and not diminish, a robust, accessible public domain.
Learn More:
- EFF: It’s Copyright Week 2022: Ten Years Later, How Has SOPA/PIPA Shaped Online Copyright Enforcement?
- EFF: Welcome to the Public Domain, Winnie-the-Pooh
Day 2: Device and Digital Ownership
Copyright should not be used to control knowledge, creativity, or the ability to tinker with or repair your own devices. Copyright should encourage more people to share, make, or repair things.
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Day 3: Copyright and Competition
Copyright policy should encourage more people to create and seek to keep barriers to entry low, rather than concentrate power in only a few players.
Learn More:
- EFF: In the Internet Age, Copyright Law Does Far More Than Antitrust to Shape Competition
- ARL: US Copyright Office Allows Access to E-books for People with Disabilities, but Licenses May Still Restrict Access
- Creative Commons: Better Internet Series: Access to Information and Knowledge
Day 4: Free Expression and Fair Use
Copyright policy should encourage creativity, not hamper it. Fair use makes it possible for us to comment, criticize, and rework our common culture.
Learn More:
- DisCo: Coming to You Soon from Beijing: Misuse of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- ARL: During Copyright Week, Library Copyright Alliance Promotes Balanced Copyright Internationally
- Wikimedia: Defending free knowledge ten years after Wikipedia went dark
- Recreate: It’s A Wonderful Internet: A Decade of Creativity & Economic Growth
Day 5: Copyright Enforcement as a Tool of Censorship
Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right essential to a functioning democracy. Copyright should encourage more speech, not act as a legal cudgel to silence it.
Learn More:
- Techdirt: SOPA Didn't Die. It's Just Lying In Wait.
- Techdirt: Remembering The Fight Against SOPA 10 Years Later... And What It Means For Today
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