1. Stop in the Name of Law Kimberlee Weatherall

2. Stop in the Name of Law Kimberlee Weatherall

3. © “DRM is Dead” (?) The Past...

4. Licensing GPLv3 The Past...

5. Licensing GPLv3 ● Anti-DMCA Clause ● Anti-Tivoisation ● Anti-Software Patents The Past...

6. Software Patents The fight to kill software patents The Past...

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9. “There is only one acceptable moment for ISPs to start taking responsibility for protecting content – and that moment is now.” The Present...

10. “It is time for ISPs to be real partners... if ISPs do not cooperate voluntarily, there will need to be legislation to require them to cooperate” Paul McGuiness Manager of U2 January 2008

11. © ● “Notice and Terminate” – Copyright owner notifies ISPs of IP address of uploader – Warning notices are sent – Continued infringement leads to termination of internet service The Present...

12. “has adopted and reasonably implemented, and informs subscribers and account holders of the service provider’s system or network of, a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscribers and account holders of the service provider’s system or network who are repeat infringers” US Copyright Act, 17 United States Code §512(i)(1)(A)

13. © 2008 The Year of the Filter? The Present...

14. Licensing License compatibility GFDL and CC BY-SA EUPL The Present...

15. Software Patents The Present... ● New litigation ● KSR (US Supreme Ct) ● US Patent Reform Bill – Apportionment of damages – Wilful infringement – Post-grant review

16. Software Patents Patent Pledges (patent commons) Peer to Patent Public Patent Foundation The Present...

17. Where we were, where we are © Licensin g Patent DRM Filters, Network Access GPLv3 License Compatibility Kill Software Patents Law Reform Private work- arounds