https://lwn.net/Articles/927278/
'The fourth and final keynote for
Everything Open 2023 was given by Professor
Rebecca Giblin of the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. It
revolved around her recent book,
Chokepoint Capitalism, which she wrote with
Cory Doctorow; it is "a book about why creative labor markets are rigged — and
how to unrig them". Giblin had planned to be in Melbourne to give her talk in
person, but "the universe had other plans"; she got delayed in Austin, Texas by
an unexpected speaking slot at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, so she
gave her talk via videoconference from there—at nearly midnight in Austin.
She began by playing the animated teaser video for the book. It describes how
the tech and content firms are choking out competition so that they can take
the lion's share of any revenue generated before it ever reaches the artists
and others who actually did the creative work. The book also has lots of ideas
for "how we can recapture creative labor markets to make them fairer and more
sustainable", Giblin said in the video.
The book had its genesis in a taxi ride across Melbourne that Doctorow and
Giblin took in February 2017. They did not know each other well at that point,
but they realized they had a shared vision based on their experiences in the
"copyright wars". There is a position being pushed that if you want
modifications to the current copyright regime it means "that you hate artists
and want them to starve", but it is a false dichotomy.'
“Keynote: Rebecca Giblin” - Rebecca Giblin (Everything Open 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T-o9J-IVFU
I attended this conference and this talk, and we own a copy of this book.
Recommended.
Share and enjoy,
*** 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
