I am trying out a draft idea for a new way to look at copyright protection here at Derivative Works Manifesto. Here’s the upshots:
Users of the world are presented with fresh, owned content every
day. We have the technology, the precedents, and the duty to make new
art out of this owned content—the stuff of our lives.Here’s what we need now:
- A universal acknowledgment of this right to create derivative
works from our experience of owned content without regard to the wishes
of the original content owner- A set of guidelines that inject mutual respect, recognition, and accountability into the process of creating derivative works
- An automatic compensation system that ensures payment to reward original creators while inducing new artists
I’m wide open to improving the Manifesto. Try it out and let me know what you think.