debata , ethical public domain

Evo jednog poziva na dijalog o copyright -u i Public Domain -u, a posto je ovo forum advocacy nadam se da ne krsim pravila foruma. Rec je o pozivu na (online) debatu i radionicu (workshop) koja ce se odrazati u Vilnjusu , Litvanija a organizovanoj kao jedna od sesija Communie koja je "tematska mreza "o Public Domain-u (pitam se da l ipostoji adekvatan prevod za ovaj termin u nasem jeziku) u digitalnoj sferi. Snazno je zastupljen Creative Commons iz razlicith zemalja EU a na prvom sastanku Communie u Torinu bilo je predstavnika i iz drugih zemalja osim EU (iz ex yu bili su Slovenci, Makedonci, Hrvati). Iz nase zemlje niko naravno, osim mene koji sam tamo bio indirektno. Communia moze imati znacajan uticaj na politiku EU u odnosu na PD u buducnosti a kako mnoge zemlje prate zakonodavstvo EU tako ovo moze imati i znacajnijeg uticaja na ceo svet. Oni koji prate rasprave o kopirajtu ( kopirajt , kopileft , public domain, CC licence sa svim onim njihovim zbunjujucim licencama) svesni su znacaja teme. Nadam se da ce neko sa ovog podrucja znati i hteti da se ukljuci u ovu debatu.

Pozdrav, Sasha







COMMUNIA Workshop: "Ethical Public Domain: Debate of Questionable Practices" March 31, 2008, Vilnius, Lithuania

The European Commission is funding the COMMUNIA thematic network for the Public Domain. A vibrant network may inspire European Union directives to the member states that they amend their constitutions so that the Public Domain has primacy over copyright. Imagine a world where creative works enter the Public Domain by default unless their authors explicitly mark them as copyrighted; where the creator of a derivative work can copyright only their own modifications and not the entire work; where the owner of a derivative work must make available any Public Domain works they use or their own work falls into the Public Domain; and where non-humans (such as corporations) are prohibited from owning creative works unless they are capable of creating them, and prohibited from managing creative works unless they show a moral sense of fair use that allows for more gray than black or white.

We can create a world that favors the Public Domain if we engage each other as concerned citizens in thoughtful discourse. Our workshop is a series of friendly debates by which we engage those whose practices we question. How can Google scrape so many websites and yet have Terms of Services which prevent others from scraping its own website? Why is there no market for used Microsoft software? Why is Flickr set up for use with Creative Commons licenses but not the Public Domain? Why does Wikipedia use the eight-page GNU FDL license which must be included in any excerpt? Why does Creative Commons define Public Domain as "no rights reserved" rather than "all use encouraged"? Why is the European Commission ready to extend the term of protection for related rights in sound recordings from 50 years to 95 years? Why does the COMMUNIA website use a Share Alike license which clashes with the Public Domain? Why is Minciu Sodas inviting corporations to sponsor debates like these? We welcome all questions that help us explore how we might share creative works as co-creators and support a vibrant commons.

Ten half-hour debates will take place from 10:00 to 15:00 at the ELTA news agency press conference center, Gedimino 21/2, Vilnius, Lithuania. Each debate will include:
* a 5 minute critique of a practice that hurts the Public Domain
* a 5 minute defense of that practice
* 10 minutes of contributions from the audience
* 5 minutes of mediation.
Debaters can present their arguments themselves in Vilnius, or ask somebody to present on their behalf, especially if they are not able to attend. Remote participants will also be included by video bridge.

Participate in the debates by signing up at http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org and joining or creating groups as explained by the Call For Participation at the website. The debates are meant to unfold as a work-in-progress. All content enters the Public Domain unless it explicitly states otherwise.

The debates will be followed by a press conference at 15:00 and then an evening at the Neringa Restaurant, Gedimino 23 for discussion, dinner and creative works, including the Nafsi Afrika Acrobats and drummers from Kenya who coach the youths in the slums and build human pyramids as peacemakers.

Admission is free and open to the public, but pre-registration at http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org is required to guarantee admission. The website contains information about the program, location, travel and accomodation.

This workshop is organized by the Minciu Sodas laboratory http://www.ms.lt for serving and organizing independent thinkers around the world. Contact Andrius Kulikauskas, +370 699 30003, [email protected] or Thomas Chepaitis +370 690 46073, [email protected] The Scandic Hotel Neringa is offering a special rate of 81 EUR for those attending the workshop. If you stay an extra day in Vilnius, note that April 1, is Uzupis Day in the imaginatively independent Uzupis Republic.


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About COMMUNIA

The COMMUNIA Thematic Network aims at becoming a European point of reference for theoretical analysis and strategic policy discussion of existing and emerging issues concerning the public domain in the digital environment - as well as related topics, including, but not limited to, alternative forms of licensing for creative material; open access to scientific publications and research results; management of works whose authors are unknown (i.e. orphan works).

Funded by the European Commission within the eContentplus framework, the 3-years long project expects to provide policy guidelines that will help each stakeholder involved - public and private, from the local to the European and global level.

COMMUNIA also plans to build strategic relationships with other non-European countries (starting with the United States and Brazil, where two COMMUNIA members are located) in which similar policy discussions are currently underway.

Website: http://www.communia-project.eu
Media contact: [email protected]

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