Table of ContentsThe Disappearing Public Domain: What is is, what’s happening to it, and why should we care? NINCH Town Hall Meeting VRA San Francisco 4/5/00The Disappearing Public Domain- Very short history of Public Spaces Public Spaces are rapidly disappearing in the late 20th Century- Bath bathrooms circa 1650 Paddington Station Public Spaces are rapidly disappearing in the late 20th Century Street-cams 3 blocks of NYC Enemy of the State Conversation at Westwood Farmers Market Public Spaces are rapidly disappearing in the late 20th Century Public Space is no longer public Beverly Center Mall Wisconsin Mall Bookstores replace Libraries Westwood Farmers Market Public Spaces are rapidly disappearing in the late 20th Century Static Over Low-Powered Radio NYT Editorial, 3/31/00 The erosion of the public domain- Constitution, Article 1, Section 8 What is Copyright? What’s part of Public Domain? Lawyers defining the Public Domain A simpler description Importance of Public Domain What threatens it?- Time before works enter public domain Lengthier Copyright Means Works that should have already entered the Public Domain (but didn't) Works that should have entered the Public Domain in the next few years (but won't) Copyrighting Facts: Proposed Database Extraction legislation NRC analysis of Coble Bill Economics and Contract Laws preempting long-standing rights Further commodification of information Why does any of this matter? The Disappearing Public Domain: What is is, what’s happening to it, and why should we care? |
Author: Howard Besser, UCLA School of Educ
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