[p2p-research] Fwd: [fcforum] Volker Grassmuck: A Copyright Exception for Monetizing File-Sharing

[Michel Bauwens]

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 A Copyright Exception for Monetizing File-Sharing. A proposal for balancing
user freedom and author remuneration in the Brazilian copyright law
reform<http://www.vgrass.de/?p=193>

Volker Ralf Grassmuck

19. März 2010
Request for Comments Draft, 18.3.2010

*File-sharing has become wide-spread media cultural practice since Napster
was launched in 1999. The response by the copyright industry has been
repression. This has neither resulted in a decrease in the growth of
file-sharing, nor in revenues for authors. Also since the start of Napster,
a different approach has been suggested: permit file-sharing subject to a
collectively managed levy. Just like the private copying exception, this
will ensure both the freedom of citizens to use copyright protected works in
certain ways and the right of creators to an equitable remuneration. The
debate on a file-sharing permission started among specialists and spread to
main-stream media and political parties, leading to a number of pilot
projects and bills for implementing it in copyright law. The current
copyright law reform provides Brazil with the opportunity to advance such a
solution, thereby taking a leadership role in the international debate on
the future of creativity in the digital era.*

*http://www.vgrass.de/?p=193*


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