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Does illegal file sharing destroy culture?

Does illegal file sharing destroy culture?

A voluntarily polemic title to introduce the concepts of Creative Commons licenses and sharing technologies to fellow students who were basically all illegally downloading their cultural contents without any second thought.

Matti Schneider

January 08, 2009
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  1. Are file sharing networks
    a threat to culture ?
    Is the entertainment industry right?
    By Matti Schneider-Ghibaudo

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  2. Are file sharing networks a threat to culture ?

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  3. Are file sharing networks a threat to culture ?
    1. file sharing : what is it?

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  4. Are file sharing networks a threat to culture ?
    1. file sharing : what is it?
    2. illegal : when and why

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  5. Are file sharing networks a threat to culture ?
    1. file sharing : what is it?
    2. illegal : when and why
    3. actions : what is done to prevent illegal sharing?

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  6. Are file sharing networks a threat to culture ?
    1. file sharing : what is it?
    2. illegal : when and why
    3. actions : what is done to prevent illegal sharing?
    4. culture : fundamentally opposed to file sharing?

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  7. Are file sharing networks a threat to culture ?
    1. file sharing : what is it?
    2. illegal : when and why
    3. actions : what is done to prevent illegal sharing?
    4. culture : fundamentally opposed to file sharing?
    Conclusion : what’s next?

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  8. 1 - File sharing :
    what is it?

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  9. File sharing: a brief history
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  10. File sharing: a brief history
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  11. File sharing: a brief history
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  12. File sharing: a brief history
    P2P concept: beginnings of computing
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  13. File sharing: a brief history
    P2P concept: beginnings of computing
    1999: Napster
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  14. File sharing: a brief history
    P2P concept: beginnings of computing
    1999: Napster
    2002: eMule
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  15. File sharing: a brief history
    P2P concept: beginnings of computing
    1999: Napster
    2002: eMule
    2002: BitTorrent
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  16. File sharing: a brief history
    P2P concept: beginnings of computing
    1999: Napster
    2002: eMule
    2002: BitTorrent
    2004: ANts…
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  17. File sharing
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  18. File sharing
    Any kind of digital file can be shared
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  19. File sharing
    Any kind of digital file can be shared
    music, movies…
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  20. File sharing
    Any kind of digital file can be shared
    music, movies…
    software, video games…
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  21. File sharing
    Any kind of digital file can be shared
    music, movies…
    software, video games…
    e-books…
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  22. File sharing
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  23. File sharing
    If you download, you upload too
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  24. File sharing
    If you download, you upload too
    No “super-source” : most of the files available on the
    network are shared by individuals
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  25. File sharing
    If you download, you upload too
    No “super-source” : most of the files available on the
    network are shared by individuals
    Anyone can share his files
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  26. File sharing
    If you download, you upload too
    No “super-source” : most of the files available on the
    network are shared by individuals
    Anyone can share his files
    His files? Actually, files one has access to…
    1 - File sharing : what is it?

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  27. 2 - Why and when file
    sharing is illegal

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  28. How can it be illegal?
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  29. How can it be illegal?
    Files one has access to aren’t necessarily one’s own!
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  30. How can it be illegal?
    Files one has access to aren’t necessarily one’s own!
    Ever asked a friend for some [insert any kind of file that
    may have a copyright]?
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  31. How can it be illegal?
    Files one has access to aren’t necessarily one’s own!
    Ever asked a friend for some [insert any kind of file that
    may have a copyright]?
    Ever asked a friend for anything digital?
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  32. How can it be illegal?
    Files one has access to aren’t necessarily one’s own!
    Ever asked a friend for some [insert any kind of file that
    may have a copyright]?
    Ever asked a friend for anything digital?
    You’re most probably in full illegality!
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  33. How can it be illegal?
    Files one has access to aren’t necessarily one’s own!
    Ever asked a friend for some [insert any kind of file that
    may have a copyright]?
    Ever asked a friend for anything digital?
    You’re most probably in full illegality!
    What does it mean to own something that is inexhaustible?
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  34. Intellectual property
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  35. Intellectual property
    Copyright : “I’ve created this, you must pay to use/listen to/
    watch it”
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  36. Intellectual property
    Copyright : “I’ve created this, you must pay to use/listen to/
    watch it”
    You own the rights for a file if you’ve bought them from the
    one who owns the copyright for it
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  37. So, P2P = illegal?
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  38. So, P2P = illegal?
    P2P software is just a tool
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  39. So, P2P = illegal?
    P2P software is just a tool
    Allows for data transfer without any central server: P2P!
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  40. So, P2P = illegal?
    P2P software is just a tool
    Allows for data transfer without any central server: P2P!
    You may transmit whatever you want
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  41. So, P2P = illegal?
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  42. So, P2P = illegal?
    Examples of fully legal uses of P2P:
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  43. So, P2P = illegal?
    Examples of fully legal uses of P2P:
    Free (as in open-source) software:
    Linux distributions…
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  44. So, P2P = illegal?
    Examples of fully legal uses of P2P:
    Free (as in open-source) software:
    Linux distributions…
    Any free media
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  45. So, P2P = illegal?
    Examples of fully legal uses of P2P:
    Free (as in open-source) software:
    Linux distributions…
    Any free media
    Gratis ≠ free!
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  46. So, P2P = illegal?
    Examples of fully legal uses of P2P:
    Free (as in open-source) software:
    Linux distributions…
    Any free media
    Gratis ≠ free!
    Free means you’re “free to copy,
    redistribute,“ etc…
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  47. So, P2P = illegal?
    Examples of fully legal uses of P2P:
    Free (as in open-source) software:
    Linux distributions…
    Any free media
    Gratis ≠ free!
    Free means you’re “free to copy,
    redistribute,“ etc…
    The copyright holder gives you the
    permission to do so.
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  48. P2P is illegal when…
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  49. P2P is illegal when…
    You use it to get files you don’t own the rights for
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  50. P2P is illegal when…
    You use it to get files you don’t own the rights for
    You use it to give to others files they don’t own the rights for
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  51. P2P is illegal when…
    You use it to get files you don’t own the rights for
    You use it to give to others files they don’t own the rights for
    You transfer files that are illegal in your country
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  52. P2P is illegal when…
    You use it to get files you don’t own the rights for
    You use it to give to others files they don’t own the rights for
    You transfer files that are illegal in your country
    In France, law projects intend to forbid all P2P uses alike
    2 - Why and when is P2P illegal

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  53. 3 - What is presently
    done against P2P?

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  54. First try: DRMs
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  55. First try: DRMs
    Digital Rights Management
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  56. First try: DRMs
    Digital Rights Management
    Used massively when online media sales began
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  57. First try: DRMs
    Digital Rights Management
    Used massively when online media sales began
    Purely digital methods: put a kind of watermark on every
    file to identify its origin and the legality of its use
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  58. First try: DRMs
    Digital Rights Management
    Used massively when online media sales began
    Purely digital methods: put a kind of watermark on every
    file to identify its origin and the legality of its use
    Complete failure
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  59. First try: DRMs
    Digital Rights Management
    Used massively when online media sales began
    Purely digital methods: put a kind of watermark on every
    file to identify its origin and the legality of its use
    Complete failure
    Cracked after a few days, updates included
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  60. First try: DRMs
    Digital Rights Management
    Used massively when online media sales began
    Purely digital methods: put a kind of watermark on every
    file to identify its origin and the legality of its use
    Complete failure
    Cracked after a few days, updates included
    Legal users have problems using what they’ve bought!
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  61. Judicial inquiries
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  62. Judicial inquiries
    Quite illegal itself for the moment!
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  63. Judicial inquiries
    Quite illegal itself for the moment!
    To identify someone sharing files, you have to get one’s IP
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  64. Judicial inquiries
    Quite illegal itself for the moment!
    To identify someone sharing files, you have to get one’s IP
    Means connecting to the network… And sharing the file!
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  65. Judicial inquiries
    Quite illegal itself for the moment!
    To identify someone sharing files, you have to get one’s IP
    Means connecting to the network… And sharing the file!
    If not sharing, simply getting the list of connected IPs is
    possible
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  66. Getting someone’s IP on P2P
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?

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  67. Getting someone’s IP on P2P
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Blacklists: known crawlers are blocked

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  68. Getting someone’s IP on P2P
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Blacklists: known crawlers are blocked
    IP spoofing: one may use another IP

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  69. Getting someone’s IP on P2P
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Blacklists: known crawlers are blocked
    IP spoofing: one may use another IP
    “potentially any Internet user is at risk
    for receiving DMCA takedown notices
    today”
    University of Washington, department of Computer Science and Engineering

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  70. Getting someone’s IP on P2P
    3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Blacklists: known crawlers are blocked
    IP spoofing: one may use another IP
    “potentially any Internet user is at risk
    for receiving DMCA takedown notices
    today”
    University of Washington, department of Computer Science and Engineering
    ThePirateBay’s trackers, OpenTracker…
    have begun sending random IPs

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  71. 3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Judicial attacks
    Tanya Andersen, a disabled Oregon mother, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, have for
    the last three years been living a nightmare, thanks to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal

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  72. 3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Judicial attacks
    Companies ask for money (≃$500)
    without trial, threatening that judicial
    action would cost much higher
    Tanya Andersen, a disabled Oregon mother, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, have for
    the last three years been living a nightmare, thanks to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal

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  73. 3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Judicial attacks
    Companies ask for money (≃$500)
    without trial, threatening that judicial
    action would cost much higher
    “30,000 or so men, women and children attacked, but never brought
    to court”
    “the Massachusetts state police force […] has ordered the company to
    Cease and Desist.”
    P2Pnet.net
    Tanya Andersen, a disabled Oregon mother, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, have for
    the last three years been living a nightmare, thanks to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal

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  74. 3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Judicial attacks
    Companies ask for money (≃$500)
    without trial, threatening that judicial
    action would cost much higher
    Tanya Andersen, a disabled Oregon mother, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, have for
    the last three years been living a nightmare, thanks to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal

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  75. 3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Judicial attacks
    Companies ask for money (≃$500)
    without trial, threatening that judicial
    action would cost much higher
    Illegal in France
    Tanya Andersen, a disabled Oregon mother, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, have for
    the last three years been living a nightmare, thanks to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal

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  76. 3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Judicial attacks
    Companies ask for money (≃$500)
    without trial, threatening that judicial
    action would cost much higher
    Illegal in France
    Simply absurd!
    Tanya Andersen, a disabled Oregon mother, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, have for
    the last three years been living a nightmare, thanks to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal

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  77. 3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Judicial attacks
    Companies ask for money (≃$500)
    without trial, threatening that judicial
    action would cost much higher
    Illegal in France
    Simply absurd!
    Not abandoned easily
    Tanya Andersen, a disabled Oregon mother, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, have for
    the last three years been living a nightmare, thanks to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal

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  78. 3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Judicial attacks
    Companies ask for money (≃$500)
    without trial, threatening that judicial
    action would cost much higher
    Illegal in France
    Simply absurd!
    Not abandoned easily
    Tanya Andersen, a disabled Oregon mother, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, have for
    the last three years been living a nightmare, thanks to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal

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  79. 3 - What is presently done against P2P?
    Judicial attacks
    Companies ask for money (≃$500)
    without trial, threatening that judicial
    action would cost much higher
    Illegal in France
    Simply absurd!
    Not abandoned easily
    “Through this lawsuit, I’ve been humiliated, embarrassed, shamed,
    and my privacy has been greatly violated by the other side. They not
    only deposed my 10-year-old daughter, but, deposed my grown step-
    kids (who I’ve long been divorced from the father), friends, etc.
    Tanya Andersen, by P2Pnet.net
    Tanya Andersen, a disabled Oregon mother, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, have for
    the last three years been living a nightmare, thanks to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal

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  80. 4 - Is culture destroyed
    by sharing?

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  81. Companies complaints
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  82. Companies complaints
    Copying is evil
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  83. Companies complaints
    Copying is evil
    Getting files illegally is stealing the artists
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  84. Companies complaints
    Copying is evil
    Getting files illegally is stealing the artists
    They are the only ones to edit artists
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  85. Companies complaints
    Copying is evil
    Getting files illegally is stealing the artists
    They are the only ones to edit artists
    less money means less artists to be edited
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  86. Companies complaints
    Copying is evil
    Getting files illegally is stealing the artists
    They are the only ones to edit artists
    less money means less artists to be edited
    only mainstream artists will be published, therefore
    destroying cultural diversity
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  87. Copying is not quite new
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  88. Copying is not quite new
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  89. Copying is not quite new
    CD copies: before the WWW explosion
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  90. Copying is not quite new
    CD copies: before the WWW explosion
    90s: tape copies!
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  91. Copying is not quite new
    CD copies: before the WWW explosion
    90s: tape copies!
    70s: photocopies
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  92. Copying is not quite new
    CD copies: before the WWW explosion
    90s: tape copies!
    70s: photocopies
    1455: printing
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  93. Copying is not quite new
    CD copies: before the WWW explosion
    90s: tape copies!
    70s: photocopies
    1455: printing
    Before: copyist monks
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  94. Copying is not quite new
    CD copies: before the WWW explosion
    90s: tape copies!
    70s: photocopies
    1455: printing
    Before: copyist monks

    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  95. Copying is not quite new
    CD copies: before the WWW explosion
    90s: tape copies!
    70s: photocopies
    1455: printing
    Before: copyist monks

    Humankind evolution is based on copy !
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  96. Copying is not quite new
    CD copies: before the WWW explosion
    90s: tape copies!
    70s: photocopies
    1455: printing
    Before: copyist monks

    Humankind evolution is based on copy !
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  97. Who’s stealing the artists?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  98. Distribution of the €0.99 of a song sold through iTunes:
    Who’s stealing the artists?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?
    (source : http://tofz.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=15, quoting "Challenges" - 05/01/2006 p.30)

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  99. Distribution of the €0.99 of a song sold through iTunes:
    €0.06 to Apple (iTunes)
    Who’s stealing the artists?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?
    (source : http://tofz.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=15, quoting "Challenges" - 05/01/2006 p.30)

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  100. Distribution of the €0.99 of a song sold through iTunes:
    €0.06 to Apple (iTunes)
    €0.03 to banks and telecoms
    Who’s stealing the artists?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?
    (source : http://tofz.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=15, quoting "Challenges" - 05/01/2006 p.30)

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  101. Distribution of the €0.99 of a song sold through iTunes:
    €0.06 to Apple (iTunes)
    €0.03 to banks and telecoms
    €0.19 VAT
    Who’s stealing the artists?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?
    (source : http://tofz.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=15, quoting "Challenges" - 05/01/2006 p.30)

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  102. Distribution of the €0.99 of a song sold through iTunes:
    €0.06 to Apple (iTunes)
    €0.03 to banks and telecoms
    €0.19 VAT
    €0.07 to the SACEM
    Who’s stealing the artists?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?
    (source : http://tofz.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=15, quoting "Challenges" - 05/01/2006 p.30)

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  103. Distribution of the €0.99 of a song sold through iTunes:
    €0.06 to Apple (iTunes)
    €0.03 to banks and telecoms
    €0.19 VAT
    €0.07 to the SACEM
    €0.03 shared between all artists of the band
    Who’s stealing the artists?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?
    (source : http://tofz.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=15, quoting "Challenges" - 05/01/2006 p.30)

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  104. Distribution of the €0.99 of a song sold through iTunes:
    €0.06 to Apple (iTunes)
    €0.03 to banks and telecoms
    €0.19 VAT
    €0.07 to the SACEM
    €0.03 shared between all artists of the band
    what’s left for the major? €0.61!
    Who’s stealing the artists?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?
    (source : http://tofz.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=15, quoting "Challenges" - 05/01/2006 p.30)

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  105. Distribution of the €0.99 of a song sold through iTunes:
    €0.06 to Apple (iTunes)
    €0.03 to banks and telecoms
    €0.19 VAT
    €0.07 to the SACEM
    €0.03 shared between all artists of the band
    what’s left for the major? €0.61!
    Who’s stealing the artists?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?
    (source : http://tofz.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=15, quoting "Challenges" - 05/01/2006 p.30)

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  106. A new production model
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  107. A new production model
    Inspired from the open-source movement
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  108. A new production model
    Inspired from the open-source movement
    Artists share their production freely
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  109. A new production model
    Inspired from the open-source movement
    Artists share their production freely
    Consumers can give them money if they want
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  110. A new production model
    Inspired from the open-source movement
    Artists share their production freely
    Consumers can give them money if they want
    This money goes directly to the artists
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  111. A new production model
    Inspired from the open-source movement
    Artists share their production freely
    Consumers can give them money if they want
    This money goes directly to the artists
    Used by well-known bands: Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails…
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  112. Which one gives most diversity?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  113. Which one gives most diversity?
    Classical model: majors edit the artists they want to, and get
    most of the money coming from the consumers
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  114. Which one gives most diversity?
    Classical model: majors edit the artists they want to, and get
    most of the money coming from the consumers
    Emerging model: artists share their work, and are directly
    rewarded by fans
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  115. Which one gives most diversity?
    Classical model: majors edit the artists they want to, and get
    most of the money coming from the consumers
    Emerging model: artists share their work, and are directly
    rewarded by fans
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  116. Which one gives most diversity?
    Classical model: majors edit the artists they want to, and get
    most of the money coming from the consumers
    Emerging model: artists share their work, and are directly
    rewarded by fans
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  117. Which one gives most diversity?
    Classical model: majors edit the artists they want to, and get
    most of the money coming from the consumers
    Emerging model: artists share their work, and are directly
    rewarded by fans
    Wikipedia gives free, shared and massive knowledge, and
    was impossible to imagine ten years ago
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  118. Which one gives most diversity?
    Classical model: majors edit the artists they want to, and get
    most of the money coming from the consumers
    Emerging model: artists share their work, and are directly
    rewarded by fans
    Wikipedia gives free, shared and massive knowledge, and
    was impossible to imagine ten years ago
    Could we imagine a new culture distribution model?
    4 - Is culture destroyed by sharing?

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  119. What’s next?

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  120. Conclusion: what’s next?
    Brute force?
    The same way Napster being brought down accelerated the emergence of eMule, and, later,
    the main servers of eMule and Kazaa being brought down made everyone switch to

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  121. Digital control is a pain for legal users
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    Brute force?
    The same way Napster being brought down accelerated the emergence of eMule, and, later,
    the main servers of eMule and Kazaa being brought down made everyone switch to

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  122. Digital control is a pain for legal users
    Digital protections always end up being cracked after a few
    weeks
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    Brute force?
    The same way Napster being brought down accelerated the emergence of eMule, and, later,
    the main servers of eMule and Kazaa being brought down made everyone switch to

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  123. Digital control is a pain for legal users
    Digital protections always end up being cracked after a few
    weeks
    New, more secure file sharing software already exist
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    Brute force?
    The same way Napster being brought down accelerated the emergence of eMule, and, later,
    the main servers of eMule and Kazaa being brought down made everyone switch to

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  124. Conclusion: what’s next?
    New laws?
    300000 euros d'amende et 3 ans de prison pour les pirates.
    Idem pour toute personne éditant un logiciel destiné à la mise à disposition du public non

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  125. Methods used to identify people are currently illegal
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    New laws?
    300000 euros d'amende et 3 ans de prison pour les pirates.
    Idem pour toute personne éditant un logiciel destiné à la mise à disposition du public non

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  126. Methods used to identify people are currently illegal
    Lobbies trying to pass laws to legalize their methods
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    New laws?
    300000 euros d'amende et 3 ans de prison pour les pirates.
    Idem pour toute personne éditant un logiciel destiné à la mise à disposition du public non

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  127. Methods used to identify people are currently illegal
    Lobbies trying to pass laws to legalize their methods
    In France: DADVSI (2006)
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    New laws?
    300000 euros d'amende et 3 ans de prison pour les pirates.
    Idem pour toute personne éditant un logiciel destiné à la mise à disposition du public non

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  128. Methods used to identify people are currently illegal
    Lobbies trying to pass laws to legalize their methods
    In France: DADVSI (2006)
    Currently examined: HADOPI
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    New laws?
    300000 euros d'amende et 3 ans de prison pour les pirates.
    Idem pour toute personne éditant un logiciel destiné à la mise à disposition du public non

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  129. Methods used to identify people are currently illegal
    Lobbies trying to pass laws to legalize their methods
    In France: DADVSI (2006)
    Currently examined: HADOPI
    “3 strikes”
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    New laws?
    300000 euros d'amende et 3 ans de prison pour les pirates.
    Idem pour toute personne éditant un logiciel destiné à la mise à disposition du public non

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  130. Methods used to identify people are currently illegal
    Lobbies trying to pass laws to legalize their methods
    In France: DADVSI (2006)
    Currently examined: HADOPI
    “3 strikes”
    Huge lobbying effort
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    New laws?
    300000 euros d'amende et 3 ans de prison pour les pirates.
    Idem pour toute personne éditant un logiciel destiné à la mise à disposition du public non

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  131. Methods used to identify people are currently illegal
    Lobbies trying to pass laws to legalize their methods
    In France: DADVSI (2006)
    Currently examined: HADOPI
    “3 strikes”
    Huge lobbying effort
    Conclusion: what’s next?
    New laws?
    300000 euros d'amende et 3 ans de prison pour les pirates.
    Idem pour toute personne éditant un logiciel destiné à la mise à disposition du public non

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  132. My opinion
    Final slide ;)

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  133. My opinion
    Artists have to be rewarded for their work
    Final slide ;)

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  134. My opinion
    Artists have to be rewarded for their work
    Classical distribution system is obsolete
    Final slide ;)

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  135. My opinion
    Artists have to be rewarded for their work
    Classical distribution system is obsolete
    Want the piracy to stop? Make credible offers!
    Final slide ;)

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  136. My opinion
    Artists have to be rewarded for their work
    Classical distribution system is obsolete
    Want the piracy to stop? Make credible offers!
    Final slide ;)

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  137. My opinion
    Artists have to be rewarded for their work
    Classical distribution system is obsolete
    Want the piracy to stop? Make credible offers!
    Final slide ;)

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  138. My opinion
    Artists have to be rewarded for their work
    Classical distribution system is obsolete
    Want the piracy to stop? Make credible offers!
    Magistrates are ignorant on this subject
    Final slide ;)

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  139. Sources Get implied!
    torrentfreak.com
    P2Pnet.net
    thepiratebay.org
    blog.brokep.com
    www.ecrans.fr
    canardpc.com
    jaimelesartistes.fr
    jaimelesartistes.info
    ca-va-couper.org
    Wikipedia
    http://heliot.fr/fichiers/itms.pdf
    www.telegraph.co.uk
    www.svmlemag.fr/
    petition_riposte_graduee
    More info
    users.polytech.unice.fr/
    ~ghibaudo/P2P
    stealthisfilm.com

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