Principles of IP Justice
I really love these principles, developed by IP Justice in the US:
1. We reserve the right to control our individual experience of intellectual property.
2. Creators deserve to be compensated.
3. We reserve our right to make private copies of lawfully acquired intellectual property.
4. Technology and information that enable the exercise of rights should be lawful.
5. “Copy Rights” come with “Copy Responsibilities.”
And this:
In hopes of safeguarding our liberty, we collectively object to these dangerous worldwide trends:
- Extending copyright terms in perpetuity, thereby shrinking the quality and quantity of the public domain;
- Relegating fair use rights to technologies of the past;
- Outlawing legitimate consumer circumvention and reverse engineering of one’s own property;
- Banning the publication of technical information;
- Enforcing legal liability against tool makers and service providers for an other’s infringement;
- Imposing legal and technical regimes that favor international media giants at the expense of local culture and competition;
For explanations and to sign on to the code, go here.