Check out this great compilation of key highlights from our Walled Culture podcast/vlog series, launched in September 2021. Our guests talk about knocking down the walls, the continuing battles after SOPA, e-Lending and libraries, and the damages of excessive terms and unfit copyright rules. Full line-up of the guests covered in the mashup below, and links to the full episodes.
Section 1 – Knocking Down the Walls Around Culture
- 00:14 – Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive) on the need to restore personal ownership
- 00:48 – Evan Greer (Fight for the Future) on the Internet as a universal library of human knowledge & creativity
- 01:31 – Lia Holland (Fight for the Future) on artists’ ability to address the harms of copyright culture
- 02:03 – Professor Alex Sayf Cummings on compensation models for creators
- 02:44 – Brewster Kahle on access to information for the next generation
Section 2 – The Internet Battles: Copyright Industries vs Platforms
- 03:40 – Activist Cory Doctorow on monopolies
- 04:45 – Activist Cory Doctorow on publishers vs Amazon
Section 3 – Copyright Enforcement: We Stopped SOPA but the Battle Rages On
- 05:41 – Professor Alex Sayf Cummings on how SOPA created a tipping point that led to a revolt against this legislation
- 07:11 – Dr Eoin O’Dell gives a grim outlook on where were heading, with rightholders’ continued push towards maximising copyright protections, and their demands to cut down on exceptions and impose liabilities on intermediaries
Section 4 – Libraries: Their Role, Impact & e-Lending Struggles
- 07:53 – Brewster Kahle on libraries’ role
- 08:21 – Brewster Kahle on libraries’ spending impact
- 08:54 – Brewster Kahle on the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library and the publishers’ lawsuit
- 10:44 – Expert Mirela Roncevic on digital library lending & the lawsuit against the Internet Archive
- 11:26 – Professor Lawrence Lessig on the lawsuit against the Internet Archive
Section 5 – Copyright Terms: Out of Control Term Creeps Harm Access to Culture
- 13:14 – Brewster Kahle on how copyright terms incentivise dead authors and the push from rightholders to have everything licensed
- 13:38 – Dr Eoin O’Dell on how the US pushes copyright term extensions abroad through trade deals
- 14:46 – Dr Rebecca Giblin on the negative impact of copyright terms on access to culture
- 15:53 – Professor Alex Sayf Cummings on the need to rollback copyright terms to foster our public domain
Section 6 – Walled Culture: How Unfit Copyright Laws Lock-up Culture & Knowledge
- 16:42 – Salvador Alcántar Morán (Wikimedia Mexico & Creative Commons Mexico) on how copyright is not synonymous to creation
- 17:51 – Professor Lawrence Lessig on which values the Internet should push
- 18:44 – Salvador Alcántar Morán on how copyright laws are driven by the creative industry
- 19:40 – Katherine Maher (former Wikimedia Foundation CEO & Executive Director) on the freedom of panorama and the Eiffel Tower example
Check out the full interviews:
- Activist Cory Doctorow – Part 1 & Part 2
- Expert Mirela Roncevic
- Dr Rebecca Giblin
- Dr Eoin O’Dell
- Evan Greer & Lia Holland (Fight for the Future)
- Professor Lawrence Lessig
- Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive)
- Salvador Alcántar Morán (Wikimedia Mexico & Creative Commons Mexico)
- Professor Alex Sayf Cummings
- Katherine Maher (former Wikimedia Foundation CEO & Executive Director)