2 JUN 2022 · Catherine Stihler OBE was appointed CEO of Creative Commons, in August 2020, a non-profit organisation that helps overcome legal obstacles to advance better sharing of knowledge and creativity to address the world’s pressing challenges. She has been an international champion for openness as a legislator and practitioner for over 20 years. She was a member of the European Parliament for Scotland representing the Labour Party. At the European Parliament, she became one of Scotland’s longest-serving and most respected legislators. Prior to joining Creative Commons, she served as the CEO of the Open Knowledge Foundation. Catherine reflects on this trajectory that led her to Creative Commons and the lessons learned from the EU Copyright Directive adoption. She talks about the growing importance of Creative Commons licences and the importance of various ongoing legislative developments (e.g. AI, disinformation). She highlights the value of Creative Commons for creativity and knowledge sharing. Finally, throughout the episode she emphasises the need for the community, from libraries to civil society organisations, that are seeking a progressive copyright reform to unite and stand together in order to ensure their voice is heard by policymakers. Key Takeaways The Importance of Open Knowledge in Recent times Thoughts on the Current State of the Copyright Directives Movement The Future Role of Creative Commons Global Legislative Developments in Copyright Laws The Movement's Effects Outside of Politics The Difference Between a Regular Business Model and an Open Business Model Guest Prediction for 2030 and Her Takeaways Quote Takeaways The opposition was strong, and as a result, we must examine ourselves and consider how we might work more closely together as an open movement, with common goals that we can all agree on when confronted with such strong resistance. - Catherine We see the value through openly sharing content works in terms of new knowledge being built on and that knowledge is built on another knowledge and creativity is built on other creativity. - Catherine Speakers in this Episode Catherine Stihler | CEO of Creative Commons having served as CEO of the Open Knowledge Foundation. She represented Scotland in the European Parliament for 20 years. Profile: https://creativecommons.org/author/catherine Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/catherine-stihler-a7b83711 Twitter: https://twitter.com/c_stihler?lang=en Gwen Franck | Communications Specialist at EGI Foundation | Communications and Events at Knowledge Center Data & Society Website: Gwenfranck.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwenfranck Twitter: https://twitter.com/g_fra Chapters 00:00- Introduction 00:40 - Guest Bio 01:46 - The importance of Open Knowledge and the Push for This Mission 09:54 - Reflections of our guest on the Current results in the Copyright Directives Movement 16:26 - the Role of Creative Commons in the future 22:14 - Legislative Developments on Copyright laws on a Global Scale 25:53 - The Impacts of the Movement Outside Politics 27:51 - Regular Business Model vs Open Business Model 34:45 - The Guest’s Moment where she hit A Wall 38:47 - Guest Prediction for 2030 and Her Takeaways 42:05 - Outro This podcast was produced by Heartcast Media. https://www.heartcastmedia.com/

28 MAY 2022 · Marc Rees est journaliste et rédacteur en chef de Next INpact, le site français traitant de tout ce qui est numérique, y compris les commentaires sur les questions actuelles de droit d'auteur. Il se spécialise en droit des nouvelles technologies, dont communication, LCEN, surveillance, données personnelles, et droit d’auteur. Marc est connu comme l’un des meilleurs commentateurs du droit d'auteur, dans le monde francophone. Sur notre podcast, il explique la stratégie de la France de mettre les droits d'auteur au premier plan. Il couvre le rôle de la Présidence Français dans les négociations du Digital Service Act (DSA). Marc réfléchit sur la création de l’Hadopi. Il parle passionnément à propos de la redevance copie privée et les aberrations qu'elle crée. Finalement, Marc souligne l'importance des utilisateurs dans les débats numériques et discute la responsabilité des intermédiaires techniques. Points importants Il y a aujourd'hui 22 sociétés d'auteurs qui viennent protéger des intérêts catégoriels des producteurs, des auteurs, etc. L’industrie et les politiques oublient souvent que derrière les écrans, il y a des utilisateurs qui ont des besoins, des envies et qui s'adaptent aux évolutions de la société, aux évolutions des pratiques numériques. Dans les années 2000, la logique des autorités et des industries françaises, c'était de tout conserver, de tout interdire et de sanctionner le plus durement possible toute pratique qui viendrait empiéter leurs intérêts. Mais aujourd'hui, on voit que tout a changé. Citation à retenir “Je pense que par principe de spécialisation, est ce qu'il n'est pas plus opportun de spécialiser des autorités administratives pour faire en sorte que des mesures les plus adéquates soient posées et surtout aussi pour éviter les sphères d'influence avec le politique, pour les rendre beaucoup plus difficile?” - Marc Mentions spéciale dans cet épisode Digital Service Act - DSA - La législation sur les services numériques Big Tech - Google (Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (Meta), Amazon et Microsoft — qui sont les cinq grandes firmes américaines L'Hadopi - Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur Internet ARCOM - L’Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique, née de la fusion du Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) et de la Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur Internet (Hadopi). Aidescreation.org - Base de données centralisée des aides culturelles versées par les organismes de gestion collective (OGC) Invité dans cet épisode 🎙️Marc Rees | Linkedin | Twitter @reesmarc Rédacteur en chef chez Next INpact https://www.nextinpact.com/ Time Stamp [00:10] Introduction [02:15] Pourquoi la France semble mettre les droits des utilisateurs au second plan [06:26] Limiter le pouvoir de Big Tech et les négociations sur le DSA [11:47] L'Hadopi a fusionné avec CSA pour créer un nouvel organisme l’ARCOM [19:25] Qu’est ce que la redevance copie privée et son impact sociétal et environnemental [33:16] Comment concilier les droits d'auteur avec l'ère numérique [36:36] Parlons de la responsabilité des intermédiaires techniques This podcast was produced by Heartcast Media. Ce podcast a été produit par Heartcast Media.

31 MAR 2022 · Katharine Trendacosta is Associate Director of Policy and Activism at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Her areas of expertise are competition, broadband access, intellectual property, net neutrality, fair use, free speech online, and intermediary liability. She is the former managing editor of science fiction and science website io9, and spent many years writing about technology policy and pop culture for various publications. Katharine notably talks about the good and the bad of the DMCA and the issues surrounding upload filters. She reflects on why the SOPA-PIPA debate mattered and how the underlying issues still linger. Katharine recalls how fanfiction sparked her interest in copyright and shares her hopes to see more smaller platforms pop-up as alternative avenues for creators and users. 📌Key Takeaways 🌟Recommendations and Reformations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) 🌟Problems and Issues on How Big Techs and Major Platforms handle Online Contents 🌟The effects to Online Content Creators on controlling and monopolizing contents on Internet by the Big Techs 🌟The Importance of Stopping SOPA PIPA to online communities and online content creators 📌Quote Takeaways “This Major Tech does not fear content creators suing them; instead, they fear enormous firms like Disney, which have the financial resources to battle them in court, so they design filters that accommodate these big companies rather than making them enemies.” - Kath 📌Special Mentions in The Episode ☑️Unfiltered: How YouTube’s Content ID Discourages Fair Use and Dictates What We See Online ☑️Fanfiction Debacle with Anne Rice ☑️Nebula - Nebula is a place to experiment, explore, and tailor our content to audience, not to unskippable ads or recommendation algorithms. ☑️DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act ☑️SOPA - Stop Online Piracy Act ☑️PIPA - PROTECT IP Act 📌Guest of this Episode 🎙️Katharine Trendacosta | Profile | Linkedin | Twitter Associate Director of Policy and Activism at Electronic Frontier Foundation www.eff.org 🎙️Gwen Franck | Linkedin | Twitter Communications Specialist at EGI Foundation | Communications and Events at Knowledge Centre Data & Society gwenfranck.com 📌Time Stamp ⏲️[00:00] Introduction ⏲️[02:13] Updates for DMCA ⏲️[10:17] Upload Filters of major platforms ⏲️[19:27] Predictions ⏲️[23:38] Big Tech Monopolies ⏲️[28:44] SOPA PIPA ⏲️[37:37] Takeaways from our Guest and her predictions This podcast was produced by Heartcast Media.

17 MAR 2022 · Dr Andres Guadamuz is a Reader in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of World Intellectual Property. His main research areas are on artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright, open licensing, cryptocurrencies, and smart contracts. Andres has published two books, the most recent one of which is "Networks, Complexity and Internet Regulation", and he regularly blogs at Technollama.co.uk. He has acted as an international consultant for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and has done activist work with Creative Commons. Andres notably talks about the EU Copyright Directive, addressing how the more controversial elements were pushed through and, on a positive note, how it enables text and data mining. He reflects on the interplay between copyright and new hypes like Web3, the Metaverse and NFTs. Andres further shares some thoughts on how copyright and digital policy is being shaped in general and on the copyright implications of Brexit. 📌Time Stamp ⏲️[00:00] Intro ⏲️[00:41] Guest introduction ⏲️[01:39] Reflecting on the EU Copyright Directive ⏲️[08:06] The EU Copyright Directive’s upside: Enabling text & data mining ⏲️[12:38] A closer look at Web3 & the Metaverse ⏲️[18:54] Web3’s looming danger for the public domain ⏲️[20:23] Debunking the NFT hype ⏲️[27:45] Hitting the ‘Wall’ ⏲️[29:23] The disconnect in shaping copyright & digital policy ⏲️[31:44] Copyright implications of Brexit ⏲️[34:03] Final thoughts 📌Speakers of this Episode 🎙️Dr Andres Guadamuz | Reader in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of World Intellectual Property https://twitter.com/technollama https://www.technollama.co.uk

3 MAR 2022 · Jennie Rose Halperin, is a facilitator, digital strategist, writer, and editor, who currently serves as the Executive Director of Library Futures: a nonprofit organization that champions equitable access to knowledge. Trained as a librarian, she has worked in content, web development, and digital services of all types, including at the Harvard Law Library, Creative Commons, Safari Books Online/O'Reilly Media, and Mozilla. Jennie notably talks about promoting a technology positive future for libraries. She reflects on the bad and overly complex licensing deals libraries are presented with and looks at the dangers of the US Case Act for librarians. Jennie further explains the concept of controlled digital lending, and discusses the recent US eBook bills.   📌Time Stamp ⏲️[00:00] Introduction ⏲️[02:08] Copyright issues encountered ⏲️[07:17] Ebooks & Controlled Digital Lending ⏲️[10:50] Audiobooks vs Ebooks ⏲️[16:22] Digital ownership ⏲️[23:07] Defects in the system ⏲️[27:34] Recommendations from our guest ⏲️[33:39] Conclusion   📌People Mentioned in The Episode ☑️Kathleen deLaurenti ☑️Rich Prelinger ☑️Courtney Cook ☑️Chris Paulson  📌Special Terms Mentioned in The Episode ☑️Ebooks - an electronic version of a printed book that can be read on a computer or handheld device designed specifically for this purpose. ☑️Audiobooks - an audiocassette or CD recording of a reading of a book, typically a novel. ☑️Control Digital Lending -  (CDL) is a model by which libraries digitize materials in their collection and make them available for lending. It is based on interpretations of the United States copyright principles of fair use and copyright exhaustion. ☑️Copyright - is a statute that grants you ownership of the work you produce.   📌Guest of this Episode 🎙️Jennie Rose Halperin | Executive Director of Library Futures https://www.libraryfutures.net https://twitter.com/library_futures https://twitter.com/little_wow

3 FEB 2022 · Katherine Maher, advocate for free and open societies, is the former CEO and Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. Her background is in the field of information and communications technology, and she works at non-profits in the international sector, focusing on the use of technology enabling human rights and international developments. She reflects on the ‘monkey selfie’ and its role to help educate people on the public domain, as well as on the complexity to push issues such as freedom of panorama. Katherine looks at how the EU copyright Directive played out, her early encounter with remix culture, and the difficulty of unlocking contemporary art and the 20th century black hole. She closes off by emphasising the need to make the legalistic copyright debate less daunting for citizens to grasp. Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 01:42 Katherine talks about Wikimedia’s stance on the ‘monkey selfie’ controversy from a copyright perspective and questions if there wasn’t more behind the photographer’s initial story 04:08 Katherine explains how Wikimedia approach the case from a US perspective, being a US based entity that hosts its content under US jurisdiction 07:08 Katherine reflects on how the ‘monkey selfie’ became an avenue to educate people on the public domain and to move away from the dominant perspective of copyright and IP rights 11:30 Katherine explains the issue of freedom of panorama, with the Eiffel Tower’s light show and the Brussels Atomium as examples, and observes that the EU copyright Directive didn’t turn out as hoped  16:58 Katherine talks about remix culture and shares a particular moment when she felt she hit the copyright wall and realised that something needed to change 21:52 Katherine notes that the opportunities to shape the copyright framework are rare, such as the EU copyright Directive debate, and have a long lasting impact. She is however hopeful to see the free knowledge movement thrive in the decade ahead 26:46 Katherine explains how creators can put their work in the public domain through the use of Creative Commons licences 28:30 Katherine emphasises the important values of sharing and crediting that shape the Creative Commons model 30:51 Katherine highlights how copyright can feel daunting for people due to the overly legalistic nature of the discourse that surrounds it Shows Mentioned: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2017/12/22/monkey-selfie/ https://www.copyright.gov/title17/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/02/11/a-bunch-of-media-just-entered-the-public-domain-heres-why-that-matters/ https://whc.unesco.org/ http://www.nasa.gov/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grey_Album http://www.livrustkammaren.se/ Guests Social Media Links: Website: https://wikimediafoundation.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krmaher/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katherine.maher3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/krmaher Picture of Katherine Maher by VGrigas (WMF) – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

20 JAN 2022 · Alex Sayf Cummings is a historian of law, technology, labor, public policy, and American cities. A leading voice on pop culture and public history, she has published on a variety of topics, from music history to the information economy. Her teaching focuses on the history of media industries (such as music, publishing, broadcasting) and American legal and political institutions (such as copyright). She covers the music industry’s role in pushing for IP rights, talks about music piracy and how Napster pushed rightholders into the streaming model, and explores how alternative remuneration models are far more beneficial for creators. Alex also talks about the Blurred Lines case, the revolt against SOPA, how copyright terms and penalties have been out of control and why we should resist extending these protection terms. Finally, she calls out music companies’ bluff that they fight on behalf of artists. Key Takeaways: 0:00 Intro 1:12 Alex shares her efforts to backtrack the origins of music piracy and bootlegging, and how this led to her book: ‘Democracy of sound’ 4:27 Alex explores the music industry’s role in pushing for IP rights 11:06 Alex reflects on how we went from bootlegging in the 1960s to Napster pushing the music industry into streaming, and how streaming continues to keep artists locked into in the same battles as before 16:40 Alex explains why alternative models, such as Bandcamp or Patreon, are better for artists by cutting out the record labels as middleman 20:03 Alex discusses the lawsuit around the Blurred Lines song, and how this is a problematic case that could harm creation 22:45 Alex pinpoints the US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as a tipping point against rightholders' continued demands for more stringent copyright rules 26:42 Alex goes deeper into the revolt there was against SOPA from both citizens and tech 30:56 Alex talks about the shift that there has been towards targeting the wires and circuits of the Internet and why this is bad 33:18 Alex reflects on a particular moment that she experienced and where she felt that she hit a wall, as she talks about information scarcity  37:35 Alex brings up the ‘Mickey Mouse Protection Act’, pointing out that copyright protection terms and penalties have spiralled out of control 46:08 Alex highlights how there is no need for the current conflictual copyright environment that is putting fans and artists, consumers and producers against each other. She also calls out music companies’ bluff that they fight on behalf of artists Books Mentioned: https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Sound-Remaking-Copyright-Twentieth/dp/0199858225/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344622653&sr=1-1  Shows Mentioned: https://www.deezer.com/us/?autoplay=true  http://www.spotify.com/  https://us.napster.com/  http://www.ascap.com/  https://www.bmi.com/  http://bandcamp.com/  http://www.patreon.com/  https://www.pandora.com/  https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3261/text?q=hr3261  Guests Social Media Links: Website: https://tropicsofmeta.com/  Portfolio website: http://alexsayfcummings.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexcummings/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/akbarjenkins 

6 JAN 2022 · Salvador Alcántar Morán is a lawyer, focused on digital copyright, educational technology and digital communications. He is the co-founder of Wikimedia Mexico and of Creative Commons Mexico. He was also manager of the General Direction of Digital Communications of the Mexico City Government. He talks about how the Mexican copyright framework is not adapted to the digital age and shaped mainly by the creative industries, the copyright industry’s scaremongering tactics. He also explains how the fact that Mexico has the lengthiest copyright term (100 years after the author's death) negatively impacts the country’s collective memory and the public domain. In his view, the public domain should be considered as a human right. He further emphasises the need for normal citizens and other stakeholders, that are currently neglected, to be more involved in shaping a copyright framework that works for the digital age based on a true multistakeholder approach. He also talks about the need for a more global perspective on copyright in general.   Key Takeaways: 0:00 Intro 2:15 Salvador talks about how copyright is locking up culture, especially in South America, and highlights the strong influence of the entertainment industry in shaping copyright laws 7:36 Salvador shares the most important lessons that he learned representing Creative Commons Mexico, including the lack of a multistakeholder perspective in the creation of copyright laws and the ignorance of the Internet by policymakers 13:14 Salvador explains how the copyright industry's campaigns induced copyright anxiety among Mexicans when sharing content online  19:12 Salvador talks about the public domain, its importance, and how Mexico fails when it comes to protecting and feeding it by having the lengthiest copyright term (100 years after the author's death) 25:24 Salvador reflects on a particular moment that he experienced and where he felt that he hit a wall and that something was wrong, and which sparked his interested in copyright reform and activism  32:22 Salvador shares what he feels need to change and needs to be done to make it work in the online world and how all this should look like in 2030: calling for the need for 'public hearings' on how copyright legislation is shaped, not only in Mexico but across the world  38:58 Salvador closes off by emphasising the need for a global perspective on copyright. and the need for people to join forces to counter attempts to push through problematic copyright legislation   Shows Mentioned: http://www.amazon.com/  Public Domain https://iclg.com/practice-areas/copyright-laws-and-regulations/mexico     Guests Social Media Links: Website: https://wikimediafoundation.org/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvadoralcantarmoran/?locale=en_US  Twitter: https://twitter.com/salvador_alc  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salvador.alcantar

16 DEC 2021 · Brewster Kahle is founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive, one of the largest libraries in the world. Next to his mission to provide universal access to all knowledge, he is a passionate advocate for public Internet access, as well as a successful entrepreneur (Thinking Machines, Wide Area Information Server and Alexa Internet) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The Internet Archive, which he founded in 1996, preserves petabytes of data - the books, Web pages, music, television, and software of our cultural heritage, working with hundreds of library and university partners to create a digital library, accessible to all. More than 1 million people use the Internet Archive every day. Most of them seek out the Wayback Machine, making 25+ years of web history accessible. He talks about the role of libraries, the Internet battles we’ve faced and are facing, licensing pains, the National Emergency Library, and how the Internet Archive’s efforts to make culture and knowledge accessible through controlled digital lending are threatened by the publishers’ lawsuit against the Archive. Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 02:38 Brewster shares a little background on the technologies he developed, what inspired him to develop them, and what is happening with them 04:38 Brewster talks about the Internet Archives and the Wayback Machine and what inspired their developments 07:13 Brewster talks about link rot, what it is, how it impacts Internet Archive and other issues that they have also faced 11:42 Brewster talks about copyright and how they are approaching the controversial issue of copyright as the Internet Archive 16:32 Brewster reflects on how link rot affects the law field 18:52 Brewster shares the problem with industries understanding the concept of a digital library as opposed to a brick and mortar library and the role those libraries have with print materials 21:38 Brewster explains how new users of Internet Archive can easily use it and how the pandemic has affected it 28:37 Brewster talks about the evolution of the Internet, the three key battles it faced and what he learned from it 33:51 Brewster talks about how he would like to see copyright evolve to make knowledge, storage, and sharing easier and more widespread 37:19 Brewster suggests the way forward and why there’s still hope to turn the tide 40:26 Brewster expresses his hopes for the next 25 years for the Internet Archive Books Mentioned:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7624.Lord_of_the_Flies  Harry Potter Shows Mentioned: https://www.alexa.com/  https://archive.org/details/opencontentalliance  https://www.internethalloffame.org/  https://www.wsj.com/  http://www.amazon.com/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_rot  https://knightfoundation.org/  Guests Social Media Links: Website: https://archive.org/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brewster-kahle-2a647652/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brewster.kahle 

2 DEC 2021 · Professor Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School and notably a founding board member of Creative Commons. The New Yorker has called him the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era. In this podcast episode, he shares his reflections on the interplay between copyright and Internet’s architecture, remix culture, the Creative Commons movement, the rise and benefits of NFTs, the work of Aaron Swartz and the attack on the Internet Archive. Key Takeaways: 0:00 Intro 2:10 Lawrence talks about where his passion for copyright issues and their impacts came from and talks about architecture of the Internet with regards to intellectual properties  4:57 Lawrence also talks about some of the ways in which copyright walls in culture and shares an example  9:08 Lawrence talks about remixes, what they are and how they are impacting people, especially young people who have their whole lives online  12:21 Lawrence talks about the Creative Commons license, what it is and what pushed him to its creation  16:42 Lawrence talks about how the ecosystem is doing now that things are evolving and what could be improved about Creative Commons  21:26 Lawrence talks about the NFTs within Creative Commons, what they are and his view on them 25:17 Lawrence talks about his book called Code, why he revised it to Code v2.0 in 2006, if he is going to revise it again and what he would change  29:13 Lawrence also talks about his other books, Remix and Free Culture and why he decided to move on 33:13 Lawrence explains if he would argue differently the case he did 20 years ago with regards to changing the copyright laws  36:22 Lawrence also shares his journey of running for presidency in the year 2015 and what he was pushing for  40:58 Lawrence also talks about Aaron Swartz and the work that he was doing before committing suicide and if there are other people trying to push on with his work  43:34 Lawrence also talks about where we are today in the state of copyright today, if things have improved  46:57 Lawrence talks about what he would recommend others do to improve the copyright situation and access to knowledge  Books Mentioned:  Code v2.0: https://lessig.org/product/codev2  Remix: https://lessig.org/product/remix  Free Culture: https://lessig.org/product/free-culture  Guerilla Open Access Manifesto: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22890903  Shows Mentioned: Equal Citizens: https://equalcitizens.us/  Creative Commons: http://www.creativecommons.org/  AXA Research Fund: https://www.axa-research.org/  Eyes on the prize: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092999/  CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/  Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/  Guests Social Media Links: Website: https://lessig.org/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lessig/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/lessig  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lessig.org/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawlessig/?hl=en  Email: lessig_from_web@pobox.com