The Internet - The first Worldwide Tool of Unification ("The End of History")

" ... Now I give you something that few think about: What do you think the Internet is all about, historically? Citizens of all the countries on Earth can talk to one another without electronic borders. The young people of those nations can all see each other, talk to each other, and express opinions. No matter what the country does to suppress it, they're doing it anyway. They are putting together a network of consciousness, of oneness, a multicultural consciousness. It's here to stay. It's part of the new energy. The young people know it and are leading the way.... "

" ... I gave you a prophecy more than 10 years ago. I told you there would come a day when everyone could talk to everyone and, therefore, there could be no conspiracy. For conspiracy depends on separation and secrecy - something hiding in the dark that only a few know about. Seen the news lately? What is happening? Could it be that there is a new paradigm happening that seems to go against history?... " Read More …. "The End of History"- Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)

"Recalibration of Free Choice"– Mar 3, 2012 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: (Old) Souls, Midpoint on 21-12-2012, Shift of Human Consciousness, Black & White vs. Color, 1 - Spirituality (Religions) shifting, Loose a Pope “soon”, 2 - Humans will change react to drama, 3 - Civilizations/Population on Earth, 4 - Alternate energy sources (Geothermal, Tidal (Paddle wheels), Wind), 5 – Financials Institutes/concepts will change (Integrity – Ethical) , 6 - News/Media/TV to change, 7 – Big Pharmaceutical company will collapse “soon”, (Keep people sick), (Integrity – Ethical) 8 – Wars will be over on Earth, Global Unity, … etc.) - (Text version)

“…5 - Integrity That May Surprise…

Have you seen innovation and invention in the past decade that required thinking out of the box of an old reality? Indeed, you have. I can't tell you what's coming, because you haven't thought of it yet! But the potentials of it are looming large. Let me give you an example, Let us say that 20 years ago, you predicted that there would be something called the Internet on a device you don't really have yet using technology that you can't imagine. You will have full libraries, buildings filled with books, in your hand - a worldwide encyclopedia of everything knowable, with the ability to look it up instantly! Not only that, but that look-up service isn't going to cost a penny! You can call friends and see them on a video screen, and it won't cost a penny! No matter how long you use this service and to what depth you use it, the service itself will be free.

Now, anyone listening to you back then would perhaps have said, "Even if we can believe the technological part, which we think is impossible, everything costs something. There has to be a charge for it! Otherwise, how would they stay in business?" The answer is this: With new invention comes new paradigms of business. You don't know what you don't know, so don't decide in advance what you think is coming based on an old energy world. ..."
(Subjects: Who/What is Kryon ?, Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" Managed Business, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)


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Monday, February 13, 2012

Loosen up copyright law, says Dutch government

RNW, 13 February 2012, by Robert Chesal       


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The YouTube generation has gained an ally in the worldwide "copyright wars." The Dutch government wants to change copyright law so new media users can continue to do "creative remixes" of protected content. The Hague will no longer wait for the European Commission to find a compromise.

"We all love YouTube," says Bernt Hugenholtz of the Dutch state committee on copyright law.

"Many of the videos we find there are creative remixes of material protected under copyright. They're mostly for laughs or political commentary, or they're simply absurd. If we applied the law today strictly, we would not be allowed to do these things."

Thin ice

Hugenholtz says European copyright law is outdated because the exceptions it allows for the use of protected content do not take new technology into account. This also affects university lecturers like himself who can use copyright-protected material in their lectures but find themselves on thin ice once they start showing the same content via digital technology such as electronic whiteboards.
US vs. European copyright law:
the pros and cons

Fair use is a doctrine in American
copyright law that permits limited
use of copyrighted material without
acquiring permission from the rights
holders.

Examples of fair use include
commentary, criticism, news reporting,
research, teaching, library archiving
and scholarship. The norm isbroadly 
defined, leaving the courts far-reaching
discretion in judging cases of copyright
infringement.

By contrast, European law favours 
predictability by strictly defining a
specific set of exceptions and
limitations to copyright protection.
No leeway  is given to the courts
to interpret these.

Critics say the European rules are 
unsuited to  deal with the rapid pace
of development in new  digital
technology. They also believe the
current  EU rules, if strictly applied,
encroach upon fundamental freedoms
of internet users, such as their right 
to privacy.

"Freedom is a good thing," he adds.

"We all agree that it's good for creativity, good for laughs, and no one gets hurt. Copyright holders are not harmed, so it makes a lot of sense to allow this. But in Europe, where we do not have open norms like the fair use doctrine in the United States, we can't do these things without infringing the law."

Relax the rules

Hugenholtz, copyright law professor at the University of Amsterdam, discussed his views last Friday with representatives of European governments, the entertainment industry, internet entrepreneurs, legal experts, journalists and librarians. They were gathered in The Hague for "Towards Flexible Copyright," a conference organised by the Dutch government.

At the conference, Deputy Justice Minister Fred Teeven said he is exploring "a more flexible system of copyright exceptions that would also work in a European context." Teeven's suggestion that the Dutch would unilaterally loosen their rules clearly displeased one of his guests: the head of the European Commission unit drafting a new directive to harmonise EU copyright law.

Big business

But the same idea was music to Marietje van Schaake's ears. One of the leading voices in the European Parliament on internet freedom, Van Schaake asserts that decision-making on copyright law in Brussels is being stymied by vested interests in the entertainment and publishing industries.

We are not in the business of ensuring that certain big business models prevail and that fair competition cannot happen," she says.

"We must ensure that there is competition and a free market but we have to protect creativity as well. Right now the entertainment industry, for one, benefits from these outdated laws. These big parties will do all they can to prevent reform or redesign at all."

New technology

Fred von Lohmann, chief copyright counsel for Google, points out that new technology and copyright have collided many times over the past century, "beginning with the player piano (self-playing piano), broadcast radio, broadcast television, cable TV, video recorders and so on." Each of these technologies was initially seen as a threat by copyright holders, he says, "but each eventually expanded the market, creating vastly more profits for a wider circle of people."

Therefore, Von Lohmann told attendees in The Hague, copyright holders should embrace new technologies rather than fearing them. And governments should introduce as much copyright flexibility as possible to allow creativity to flourish.

No creative crisis

"If you look at the motion picture industry, you see that they continue to enjoy very healthy revenues," the Google counsel says.

"On the other hand the music industry has struggled somewhat. But in the end there are more opportunities being created by these new technologies than ever before. There are more bands, using more different technologies to reach more fans than ever before. So there is certainly no crisis of creativity. There's more music, more video, more writing going on today than ever before."

Von Lohmann believes the time is ripe for individual governments in Europe to make their copyright laws future-proof. Unlike some who have called for a radical rethink of Europe's legislation, he believes there is enough room for manouevre to simply modify the current rules.



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