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"Glyn Moody, one of the most knowledgeable technology commentators of the
digital age, has authored a new book,
Walled Culture, in which he argues that
archaic copyright laws are “throttling” the potential of the internet and
enabling fake news to become the dominant form of content for online audiences.
‘’
Subtitled
How Big Content Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and
Keep Creators Poor, the book traces the history of copyright from 300 years
ago and shows how the transfer of copyright from the analogue to the digital
era has caused huge problems – problems it is in danger of succumbing to.
These problems affect markets including art (as in paintings or drawings),
books, music, photography, science journals, fashion – you name it.
Glyn, who studied mathematics at Trinity College, suggests the choice humanity
faces is binary.
“Society can either continue to suffer the negative consequences of present and
future punitive laws, designed solely to preserve an ancient intellectual
monopoly that profits a few,” he writes, “or it can choose to maximise the
potential of the digital sphere for the general benefit of mankind. Copyright
or the internet – choose one.”
Glyn’s optimal model is fashion, where ideas are not subject to copyright but
the industry is valued at $3trillion annually – it seems copyright is not
needed for creativity to flourish there. Copyright, the author suggests, only
benefits large corporations because it is only large corporations that have the
legal and financial clout to pursue copyright offenders. No copyright, no
offenders."
Via Kevin O'Brien.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
