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* California Pirate Party
* California Pirate Party
* Radio wave regulations
* Radio wave regulations
===== Suggestions for Background Readings (to select from) =====
John Perry Barlow, [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.03/economy.ideas_pr.html The Economy of Ideas]
Pam Samuelson, [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.01/white.paper.html The Copyright Grab]
Yochai Benkler, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Main_Page The Wealth of Networks]
Madhavi Sunder, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=897753 IP3]
Margaret Chon, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=894162 Intellectual Property and the Development Divide]
James Boyle, [http://law.duke.edu/boylesite/Intprop.htm A Politics of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism For the Net?]
Amy Kapczynski, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1323525 The Access to Knowledge Mobilization and the New Politics of Intellectual Property]
===== Related Information Society Declarations =====
[http://irpcharter.org/wpcharter/ Internet Rights & Principles Charter]
[http://fcforum.net/charter Free Culture Forum Charter for Innovation, Creativity, & Access to Knowledge]
[http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlin_declaration.pdf Berlin Declaration on Open Access]
[http://www.cptech.org/a2k/a2k_treaty_may9.pdf A2K Treaty]
[http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/ The Cape Town Open Education Declaration]
[http://tacd.org/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=289&Itemid= Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue -- Paris Accord]
[http://www.futureofwipo.org/futureofwipodeclaration.html Geneva Declaration on the Future of WIPO]
[http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N11/449/78/PDF/N1144978.pdf UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Internet Report]
[http://digitaldueprocess.org/ Digital Due Process]
[http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html World Summit on the Information Society Tunis Agenda]




Revision as of 20:12, 16 December 2012

Today, information is ownable. This entails a complex/costly system of statutory regulations that attempt to prohibit the transmission of information and limit our powers of free speech in order to protect the financial interests of "content owners".

There is a fundamentally different way, hereafter referred to as Kopimism, that is at odds with today's complex and self-defeating system of intellectual property. Kopimism is simpler, more efficient, and arguably better for everybody in the long run.

Kopimism is so good because it is in harmony with (and better exploits) the natural laws of reality. Information -- a dual of matter -- is intangible, inexhaustible, and illuminating. As matter wants to fall, information wants to be free. Kopimism takes advantage of these sacred (God given) properties of reality for the benefit of humanity.

We have an opportunity to introduce Kopimism to the mainstream by propagating this normative way and understanding of Kopimism that arrises from our understanding of reality. Our mission is to unite the factions and transition the world towards a society of complete information freedom through the transformation of our own way of being.


News
* Meeting Every Sunday at 1pm at Sudo Room
* Brainstorm and meet to discuss, Dec 16th 2012
* Let's create a static website on kopimism.org
* Let's design cards to hand out to gain members
General Info
  • IRC: ##kopimism (not #kopimism)
  • URL: http://kopimism.org (not up yet)
  • Meeting: At SudoRoom, Sunday afternoons at 1:00pm


Kopimist Credo
  • I do not copyright my work nor patent my inventions, but publish them in the public domain unless I wish to keep them private
  • I encourage others to copy/modify/publish/implement my work
  • I give credit where it is due to the best of my ability
  • I demand the right to copy/modify/publish/implement any information presented to me for anyone who wants it
  • I respect the privacy of others


Discussion Points
  • Copyright, Patents, and Trademarks
  • DRM encoding/decoding
  • Ethics, or what is not allowed
  • California Pirate Party
  • Radio wave regulations
Suggestions for Background Readings (to select from)

John Perry Barlow, The Economy of Ideas

Pam Samuelson, The Copyright Grab

Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks

Madhavi Sunder, IP3

Margaret Chon, Intellectual Property and the Development Divide

James Boyle, A Politics of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism For the Net?

Amy Kapczynski, The Access to Knowledge Mobilization and the New Politics of Intellectual Property


Related Information Society Declarations

Internet Rights & Principles Charter

Free Culture Forum Charter for Innovation, Creativity, & Access to Knowledge

Berlin Declaration on Open Access

A2K Treaty

The Cape Town Open Education Declaration

Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue -- Paris Accord

Geneva Declaration on the Future of WIPO

UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Internet Report

Digital Due Process

World Summit on the Information Society Tunis Agenda


Links
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