Slide notes - Changes in media production and distribution which have led to the development of Creative Commons

Intro self Topic: The changes in media production and distribution which have led to the development of CC licensing Presentation outline: Quick basics of copyright , with a little cultural History in the mix Changes in technology: Four major ‘technological revolutions’ (credit to Clay

Shirky for way of dividing changes) Digitalisation, the Internet… Creative Commons

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Copyright means that certain works cannot be shared, remixed or reused without permission from the copyright holder—usually the author. -- Copyright applies to ALL *original* works (huge debates possible) -- including films, songs, images, dramas, sound recordings, TV and radio broadcasts and Internet publications and transmissions. -- C symbol is unimportant – because as soon as a new work is recorded in material form – written down or saved on a computer – it automatically receives copyright protection -- Original doesn’t always mean “good” (subjective) or professionally made E.g. no one can use my photo of my dog without my permission

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Why protection? Basically, copyright gives a creator – an individual artist or a company - an incentive to create, and ensures them that they will be rewarded for what they make. -- Once creative work is out there, it can be copied or reproduced at little or no cost. This means that if the right to duplicate a work is not controlled, it's economic value would diminish, resulting in a market failure. Copyright corrects this by ensuring that those who initially invested in getting the work to market are rewarded for their entrepreneurship and 'creativity‘. -- The principles of intellectual property, in particular copyright, allow creative industries to profit from and sustain cultural production by granting economic and moral rights.

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For literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, copyright lasts for the lifetime of the creator, and then an extra 50 years following their death. The first copyright law, the Statute of Anne in 1710, was for only 14 years. Statute of Anne, 1710, “For the encouragement of learning” Or USA Constitution: “To promote the progress of science and useful arts.”

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-- 70 years in most countries -- Different for companies -- Realising early work set to expire, Disney did a big lawsuit in 90s, managing to extend corporate copyright to 120 years

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When the period of copyright in a work is over, the creator’s work goes into the public domain. This means anyone is free to use and profit from the work as they please. But a lot of culture still comes under copyright.

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Early copyright laws recognised that culture always build on the past. Flick back to last two slides – explain Disney & Copyright, then Shakespeare and Public Domain

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TECHNOLOGY: Gutenberg’s printing press, 1430. Played a large part in the Renaissance, explosion of culture. First assembly line style of printing books --- Ask class what the best-selling book of all of history is (Bible) Previously took a year for a scribe to write, at few pages a day. Press could do 3600 pages a day. --- Made possible the mass reproduction of books, newspapers led to first copyright laws --- The Message goes from ONE to MANY

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200 years ago: slow text based communication - conversation, then real time voice ONE to ONE – Conversational medium

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Photography, Film, Sound ONE MANY

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Radio and television ONE MANY

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-- What you need to produce mass media Go through items on slide (touched on previously) -- Easiest was photography, or typewriting– but even then mass production was difficult To broadcast radio – still required a certain amount of equipment -- As new consumer technologies introduced.. Professionals got worried, e.g. George Eastman – invention of Kodak camera (continues next slide)

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-- Each time there was a new technology – particularly one that was capable of copying or reproducing a creative work – a professional industry or group would get worried / bring out lawsuits -- VCR / Betamax - like the MySky of 80s (was invented some years earlier and used by the TV industry – meaning they no longer had to do a live broadcast) For the television industry, worries about ads

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But film industry needn’t have worried because it turned out to be a great new way to make money (In 1986 Disney made US$100 million of pure profit from home video sales) “In a landmark judgement in 1984, the Supreme Court ruled that the home recording of television programs for later viewing constituted "fair use."1 An important factor in the Court’s reasoning was that "time-shifting" – i.e. recording a program to watch it at another time – did not represent any substantial harm to the copyright holder, nor did it diminish the market for the product.” (from: http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2006/06/article_0003.html)

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Around the same time, a genre of music was emerging – a remix of genres from the past (show video – should start 4m 40s - a music industry producer / outsider looking in at what was happening in New York. Play clip until breakdancing starts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwqQQraQ4MI&feature=player_detailpage#t=297s (video should start about 4m 40s)

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Technology evolving - 80s – tape deck - 90s use personal stereos to copy stuff from CDs onto tapes (e.g. send a mix tape to your crush on valentines day) Equipment was cheaper, but you still couldn’t mass produce media yourself --- no easy means of distribution To go back to copyright: Although there were different -interpretations- of terms within copyright law to adjust for new technologies, the law itself did not really adjust much aside from the length of copyright being slowly extended.

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-- Also keep in mind that during this time – late 70s etc – home computers were being developed, getting more powerful -- So rather than store media on something physical, it could be made digital – so we had the Compact Disc - or CD , and soon the CDR, then later the DVD. -- Significant change – because once something is digital – it becomes very very easy to copy. -- Eventually made a lot professional production a lot easier in terms of the equipment you needed, it drove down prices, consumers electronics became cheaper, digital cameras, home DVD cameras. -- It also, with tools like Photoshop, and film editing software – it’s made it a lot easier for anyone to make or edit a creative work – and make it look pretty good, without much money or formal training -- But no distribution - digitalisation is just one (key) aspect of the next big revolution…

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THE INTERNET -- For the first time in history – anyone (with an internet connection) could get a message out to a large audience, who could then talk to each other about that message Many Many -- On the Internet you can do everything that traditional media can do – read a book, make phone calls, watch a movie, see photos, listen to the radio, watch TV. Combine that with freely / cheaply available editing software, and you can produce media like a pro -- Anyone can make an image macro with a popular culture reference and a crazed cat, then have millions of people see it (of course there is a lot that never gets seen)

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Internet presented problems for copyright play video. So trouble for artists > audience breaking law with new technology > record companies suing (Since then things have changed, many tend to stream music more than download) REMIX MANIFESTO VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=umj9YfZEluo (start at 1.16, end with Cory Doctorow “building biggest library”)

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-- We had was Copyright on one side – and Public Domain on the other -- Copyright – few freedoms, Public domain – few restrictions So in realising that there needed to be a mid point, in the early 2000s a group of liked minded academics, activists, computer geeks etc, got together and came up with Creative Commons… which created a series of mid points

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Launched in 2002 -- With a Creative Commons licence, you keep your copyright – so you keep your ownership of the work - but allow people to copy and distribute, and build upon your work provided they give you credit — though you can specify what exactly people can do with your work

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All have attribution

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Explain

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Explain, briefly pros & cons

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Explain, examples of what counts as a derivative (translations)

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Each licence has different rules and grants a different range of freedoms. All Creative Commons licenses require that you credit the original creator when re-using their work in any way. The licences share a set of baseline rights, with each licence choice being expressed in three ways: Commons Deed: A plain-language summary of the licence, with relevant icons. Legal Code: The full legal terms. Digital Code: A machine-readable translation of the licence that helps search engines and other applications identify the licensed work by its terms of use.

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Remix of all CC images used in powerpoint [optional: flick through all images and note licenses] – except no derivatives Explain why NC (due to SA of tape image, among others) Creative Commons – Culture is a Commons

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So much to build upon. Make note on referencing

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