free as in market: liberty and property - rusty russell
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Free As In Market:
Liberty and Property
Rusty Russell
Free As In Market
This talk is going to be crap
Free As In Market
These are my personal political opinions and are completely independent of my employer, Linux Australia, family, friends, colleagues, peers, coworkers, professional counsellors, unprofessional counsellors, spellchekers, government (local, state and regional), professional associations, and all those people who advised me to shut the fuck and just stop talking about intellectual property law already...
Commons
Free As In Market
Commons
=> Tragedy Of The Commons
Free As In Market
Commons
=> Tragedy Of The Commons
=> Importance of Strong Property Rights
=> Strong Copyright
Free As In Market
Commons
=> Tragedy Of The Commons
"Not Always..."
Free As In Market
Commons
=> Tragedy Of The Commons
"Not Always..."
Free As In Market
STOP
Free As In Market
It's not a commons
Free As In Market
It's not a commons
Free As In Market
It's not a commons
Why would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?
Free As In Market
It's not a commons
Why would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?
Why would I run someone else's OS?
Free As In Market
It's not a commons
Why would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?
Why would I run someone else's OS?
I like owning stuff!
Time For A Deep Breath...
Time For A Deep Breath...
Question 0
Time For A Deep Breath...
Question 0
Why Should I Care?
Time For A Deep Breath...
Because we have to talk to others.
Time For A Deep Breath...
Because we have to talk to others.
So we need to understand about copyright:
Time For A Deep Breath...
Because we have to talk to others.
So we need to understand about copyright:
What does it do?
What does it do, do?
....
Time For A Deep Breath...
Because we have to talk to others...
So we need to understand about copyright:
What does it do?
What does it do, do?
....
Why are we doing it?
A Traffic Light...
A Traffic Light...
What does it do?
Stops traffic.
A Traffic Light...
What does it do?
Stops traffic.
So, how long should traffic lights stay red?
A Traffic Light...
What does it do?
Stops traffic.
So, how long should traffic lights stay red?
Forever! (minus a day)
A Traffic Light...
What does it do?
Stops traffic.
So, how long should traffic lights stay red?
Forever! (minus a day)
But that's not what it's FOR
Copyright
Copyright
What does it do?
Rewards creators
Copyright
What does it do?
Rewards creators
Rewards copyright holders
Copyright
What does it do?
Rewards creators
Rewards copyright holders
No, that's what it does, does!
Copyright
What does it do?
Copyright
What does it do?
Stops copying.
Copyright
What does it do?
Stops copying.
But that's not what it's FOR
Copyright: What Does It Do?
Stops copying
Copyright: What Does It Do?
Stops copying
What does that do?
Copyright: What It Does Does
A bit like a tax.
Copyright: What It Does Does
A bit like a tax.
Copyright: What It Does Does
A bit like a tax.
Copyright: What It Does Does
Copyright: What It Does Does
Owner
Copyright: What It Does Does
Owner
Communists
Mummy, Where Does Copyright Come From?
Mummy, Where Does Copyright Come From?
Mummy, Where Does Copyright Come From?
Well, I don't own a printing press anyway.
Mummy, Where Does Copyright Come From?
Longer and stronger...
Mummy, Where Does Copyright Come From?
Actually, I do own a printing press for music...
Mummy, Where Does Copyright Come From?
Mummy, Where Does Copyright Come From?
The Internet Is Wonderful
Mummy, Where Does Copyright Come From?
Mummy, Where Does Copyright Come From?
I just downloaded it...
Erosion of Property
Erosion of Property
piracyistheanswer.org?
Aside...
If unauthorised copying is stealing...
Aside...
If unauthorised copying is stealing...
Successful lobbying to remove my property rights without compensation is:
Corruption
Stealing
Unconstitutional
All of the above
Not Really A Tax
Not Really A Tax
No transfer actually occurs, just destruction.
Not Really A Tax
No transfer actually occurs, just destruction.
The effect might be to increase value.
Digital Cropburning
Digital Cropburning
This destruction of rights normally associated with ownership is the definition of Intellectual Property.
Trademark, Copyright, Patent, etc.
Widget Factory
Add A Patent Factory
Shlurp!
The IP Marketplace
The IP Marketplace
The IP Marketplace
High Government
Involvement
The IP Marketplace
High Government
Involvement
High Transaction Cost
The IP Marketplace
High Government
Involvement
High Transaction Cost
This market does nothing.
The Real Marketplace
The market for actual
goods and services
is what matters.
The IP Marketplace
This market is entirely
parasitic on the market
for actual goods and
services.
The IP Marketplace
This market is entirely
parasitic on the market
for actual goods and
services.
We hope it's symbiotic!
The IP Marketplace
Measuring the tonnage
of burnt crops is easy.
The IP Marketplace
Measuring the tonnage
of burnt crops is easy.
But it's not a profit, it's a cost.
CC-By/Free Licences
CC-By/Free Licences
Restore (most of) your property rights.
CC-By/Free Licences
Restore (most of) your property rights.
So you have the freedom to
create your commons.
So you have the freedom to
create your commons.