"Copyright owners increasingly claim more draconian #copyright law and policy will fight back against big tech companies. In reality, copyright gives the most powerful companies even more control over creators and competitors. Today’s copyright policy concentrates power among a handful of […]

Today’s #CopyrightWeek theme is “Fair Use and Free Expression.” A major imbalance in the copyright system is its failure to protect fair use as robustly as it protects exclusive rights.

Re:Create’s Take on Day 3 of EFF’s Copyright Week: Device & Digital Ownership - Re:Create This week Re:Create member EFF is leading its annual “Copyright Week,” a week that emphasizes how America relies on a balanced copyright system to promote creativity and innovation, and highlights som...

Today’s #CopyrightWeek theme is “Device and Digital Ownership.” One of the greatest threats to digital ownership is the legal protection for digital locks found in Section 1201 of the Copyright Act. Read more about how Big Content turned moral panic over copyright into a massive rights grab:

Day 1 of #CopyrightWeek is about copyright enforcement as a tool of censorship. On the web the ultimate censorship power is unilaterally blocking an entire website, so today we highlight how siteblocking looks a lot like another web censorship scam, the SAD Scheme. Read more:

#CopyrightWeek: There is much to gain by adopting #OpenNorms!
Europe can't rest on its laurels: the KR21 ‘24 report by CIPPM explores the opportunity 👇
🔗 Report: www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/copy...
🔗 Blog post: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/o...
🔗 Webinar recording: youtu.be/LgyL_YSPpgI

Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: @derekslater.bsky.social (Proteus Strategies) argues rightsholders can’t enclose and cut off the basic building blocks of culture & knowledge - all creativity builds on the past.
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/8pa3zBQpgMU

Principles such as fair use and protections for online intermediaries under Section 512 of the DMCA ensure that copyright regulations and technological advances can coexist. #CopyrightWeek #FairUse

#CopyrightWeek: The evidence is in—empowering #libraries creates wins across the board! Australia's Untapped project shows that #eLending enables access, generates author income & revives 'lost' books. Let's unlock this potential in Europe!
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/t...
#eBookSOS

Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: Ariadna Matas (Europeana) warns unnecessary caution in the #CulturalHeritage sector creates barriers to AI data use & recalls institutions’ public interest mission.
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/4RLJXdfJDKg

🌍 Join us for "Ten Approaches to Rights Retention in Europe"—a @SPARC_EU webinar with the support of @knowledgerights21.org!
#RetainYourRights #CopyrightWeek
📅 Thursday, 20 February 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
Register now 👉 buff.ly/40zRex4

5/ 📽️ Watch Professor Erickson unpack our #TPMs report series’ findings: youtu.be/dj6BTl8qX0Y
#CopyrightWeek #DigitalLocks

4/ 💰 #TPMs Report 3: Economic analysis of TPM impacts by Prof Erickson & Felix Rodriguez Perez (@create-glasgow.bsky.social)
↪️ Report: www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/tech...
↪️ Blog: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d...
#CopyrightWeek #DigitalLocks

3/ 📊 #TPMs Report 2: Survey findings on TPM impacts by Prof Erickson (@create-glasgow.bsky.social) & Victoria Stobo (@liverpooluni.bsky.social)
↪️ Report: www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/surv...
↪️ Blog: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d...
#CopyrightWeek #DigitalLocks

2/ ⚖️ #TPMs Report 1: Legal analysis by Anthony Rosborough (@dalhousieu.bsky.social | @eui-eu.bsky.social)
↪️ Report: www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/tech...
↪️ Blog: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d...
#CopyrightWeek #DigitalLocks

1/ #CopyrightWeek: our 3-part report series on digital locks 🔒 shows they hinder research, education & preservation. These barriers put our digital heritage at risk. The research by @create-glasgow.bsky.social (@uofglasgow.bsky.social) helps craft a path towards better access 👇
#TPMs #DigitalLocks

Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: Dr @sverhulst.bsky.social (@thedatatank.bsky.social/The Gov Lab) calls for a #DecadeForData, as he warns of a #DataWinter as science data becomes less open and more proprietary.
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/6wMcnUJ3yUc

#CopyrightWeek: while rightsholders have strong enforcement tools, user rights lack teeth!
A June '24 independent expert study by Christophe Geiger (Uni Luiss) & @bjjuette.bsky.social (UCD Law School) for @communia.bsky.social & KR21 shows the way forward: an #AccessRight
🔗 kr21.info/accessright

Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: @mchangama.bsky.social (@futurefreespeech.org/Vanderbilt University) warns of an unprecedented level of control over #FreeSpeech with increased limitations on AI outputs and prompts.
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/erKVcmsDtF8

#CopyrightWeek: EU copyright & digital policy repeatedly overlook research, education, and library voices. An upcoming KR21 analysis reveals that this systemic exclusion extends from the EU level to the Member States. It's time for inclusive policymaking!
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c...

Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: Dr @alinatrapova.bsky.social (@ucllaws.bsky.social) shared a guiding #BetterRegulation principle 👉 "Work together to find meaningful ways to not kill a fly with an elephant gun"!
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/1-1...
📺 youtu.be/Xdahef7tFYw

Next week @eff.org is hosting Copyright Week!

In yesterday’s Re:Create Recap @bbutler.bsky.social outlined what we look forward to focussing on during this year’s #copyrightweek!

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It's Copyright Week 2024: Join Us in the Fight for Better Copyright We continue to fight for a version of copyright that truly serves the public interest. And so, every year, EFF and a number of diverse organizations participate in Copyright Week. Each year, we pick

We continue to fight for a version of copyright that truly serves the public interest. And so, every year, EFF and a number of diverse organizations participate in #CopyrightWeek

Fragging: The Subscription Model Comes for Gamers We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different

The proliferation of DRM and walled-garden game vendors has eroded ownership rights over video games, and risks the same fragmented subscription frustrations we see with film. #copyrightweek

HP Saksena, Hon. MP from Uttar Pradesh, didn't believe in #copyright, calling it a sign of "degenerate times" in 1955 debate #CopyrightWeek

Live every week like it's #CopyrightWeek

What ever happened to copyright reform in Brazil? Really great informative overview from @CC_BR: http://creativecommons.org.br/blog/copyright-week-en/ #copyrightweek

NYC tonight: Public Knowledge's artist-in-residence @popcultpirate opens her installation Fair Use(r) https://eff.org/r.d0ro #copyrightweek

It's super inspiring to see all the great work people are doing on the public domain, catalogued for #copyrightweek https://www.eff.org/copyrightweek

Rocking my awesome @PublicDomainRev shirt for day 2 of #copyrightweek. Get one and support! http://publicdomainreview.org/store/

Why isn't Gatsby in the public domain? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/why-is... #copyrightweek