Leaders in the generative AI world are daring to say the unsayable: that copyright is not sacrosanct
For the last hundred years or so, the prevailing dogma has been that copyright is an unalloyed good, and that more of it is better. Whether that was…
How copyright drives Internet fragmentation, and why it is hard to fix
The EU Copyright Directive is arguably the most important recent legislation in the area of intellectual monopolies. It is also a failure, judged purely on its own terms…
Long overdue, but good to see: Germany’s new copyright exception for pastiche applied for first time
Although overall the EU Copyright Directive is bad news for the digital world because of things like its need for the use of automated upload filters, it does…
How to update copyright: Nigeria shows the way for Africa – and the world
Too often the posts on Walled Culture are about the latest copyright madness, or new laws making copyright even worse for the digital world. Against this background, it’s…
Another example of how the playing field is tilted in favour of copyright owners
It’s widely known that artists of all kinds often get a raw deal from the contracts they sign. But this kind of legal unfairness is not the only…
Singapore starts making its copyright law fit for the digital world; others need to follow its example
The Walled Culture blog is principally about the ways in which outdated copyright is preventing the full potential of the digital world to be realised. As such, its…
Can Nigeria lead the way in modernising outdated copyright laws through expanded exceptions?
When people talk and write about copyright, they generally mean US or EU laws. It’s true that most recent developments in the field – notably many bad ones…