New Year's in tokyo?
So my wife and I (and Willem!) are returning to Japan next week (Willem is returning in only the strangest sense) for the launch of iCommons Japan. CC-Japan is being sponsored by Glocom, which has done an extraordinary amount to bring CC to life in Japan. Of all the ideas that CC has sparked, iCommons is the most exciting to me, and of all the iCommons partner countries, Japan is the most natural.
If you need to be convinced, you should plan New Year's in Tokyo. Not only is the city amazing beyond belief, but each year there is a comic market held near Tokyo that captures the spirit of Creative Commons if not quite the letter. Each year, the Comic market (Japanese site; English version coming) attracts hundred of thousands to Tokyo to meet and trade dojinshi comics -- which are comics directly derived from commercial work, but often without express permission of the original author. I wrote a piece about this for Red Herring last year. The bottom line: less control, more creativity, more for artists.
The market is from December 28-30. I regret that we won't be there this year (Willem wails about it each time I tell him), but if anyone from here goes, please send pics! (cc-licensed, of course).
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I was pplaaning a trip this year but it fell through, but if I make it, I'll be sure to write all about it!
But will the dôjinshi artists draw the moon correctly ?
Seriously, the flexible approach to the derivation-right has much to recommend it. Some successful comic artists, such as CLAMP got their start as dôjinshi artists.On the other hand, our stricter approach to the derivation-right also has points in its favor.
If we had a reasonable term of copyright (such as 42 years) then older comics would timely enter the public domain, and the derivative authors and drafstmen would be able to work from them, even if they could not work from more recent comics. In that case, a robust derivation right would not be as much of a burden as it now is. Some of the burdens of broad copyright can be mitigated by moderating its duration. Some of the burdens of long-enduring copyright can be mitigated by moderating its scope.
But only up to a point: Even if copyright's scope were as narrow as in 1790--with no derivation right at all--life+70 years/95 years would still be too long. Even if copyright's duration were as short as in 1790, the DMCA's "device" and "circumvention" provisions would be too broad.
Tokyo -- Open meeting with Prof. Lessig on Tuesday Dec. 2, from 6:30 at the Arcadia Ichigaya (Shigaku-Kaikan), (http://www.arcadia-jp.org/).
Need to register so we know we have enough seats. Send email to
ll2@creativecommons.jp
with
name:
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Thanks,
Adam
New years in Tokyo sounds incredible. Hope you had fun.
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