Digital Humanities Research Colloquium University College Cork #uccdh

1. Redesigning Copyright Law for
Creativity and Sharing
Darius Whelan
November 2017

3. Lessig, A Copyright System for the 21st Century (2011)
https://youtu.be/a_Nt4i-u5fQ?t=15m35s

4. Art. I, Section 8, clause 8 of U.S. Constitution:
The Congress shall have power … to promote
the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by
securing for limited Times to Authors and
Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective
Writings and Discoveries.

5. EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Article 17
Right to property
1. Everyone has the right to own, use, dispose of and
bequeath his or her lawfully acquired possessions. No
one may be deprived of his or her possessions, except in
the public interest and in the cases and under the
conditions provided for by law, subject to fair
compensation being paid in good time for their loss. The
use of property may be regulated by law in so far as is
necessary for the general interest.
2. Intellectual property shall be protected.

13. http://xkcd.com/488/

15. Lessig at eG8 Press Conference
www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Eg8_societecivile

16. Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace
(1996)
• John Perry Barlow

17. “Governments of the Industrial World, you
weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from
Cyberspace, the new home of the Mind. On
behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to
leave us alone. You are not welcome among us.
You have no sovereignty where we gather. We
will create a civilisation of the Mind in
Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair
than the world your governments have made
before”

18. www.copyrightexceptions.eu

19. The ‘incidental inclusion’ exception

21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbV8KxvNQsk

25. https://creativecommons.org/about/videos/a-shared-culture/

26. Hargreaves
report
Digital Opportunity: A Review of
Intellectual Property and Growth,
An Independent Report by
Professor Ian Hargreaves (2011)

27. 2014

29. Copyright Review Committee
Ireland
Consultation Paper 2012
Report 2013

35. Redesigning
Copyright?
Support and Encourage Open Access /
Creative Commons licences
Widen exceptions to copyright – fair
use / fair dealing / content mining
In reform discussions, involve civil society and
activist groups
Formalities for copyright may need to be re-
introduced
Express provision for non-commercial re-
use / remixing
Redesign the Berne Convention

36. @creativecommons
@communia_eu
@OpenRightsGroup
@c_commons_ie
@edri
@DRIalerts
@Senficon [Julia Reda MEP]