Prize for best visions for the future of copyright

Jaroslaw Lipszyc sez, "Modern Poland Foundation organizes crowdfunded contest for the best work on the Future of Copyright. Idea is simple: the bigger the prize, the more attention contest will get and more participants will be attracted. All works participating need to be published on the web under free license, so we can all use them as we wish. Independent jury under head of prof. Michael Geist (well known copyright scholar from Canada) and Piotr Czerski (of We, the Web Kids manifesto fame) will decide, who gets the money. All supporters will receive e-book consisting of best works created for the contest, with personalized 'Thank you!' note on the first page - and much more if they pledge more than minimum $5 to the prize. Together we will help society to get more creative ideas on the Future of Copyright. Now it's your turn to show your support and make this contest bigger than Nobel."

This is simple. If you want to take part in the contest, publish the work on the Internet and mail us at [e-mail]. Just follow these general rules:

1. On topic
The work may be of any kind (text, video, audio), and of any genre (i.e. legal analisys, dystopian or utopian story, educational video – sky is the limit here), but it must address the general subject of the Future of Copyright. Your work has to be in English or you need to provide an English translation.

2. Limited size
The size of the work is limited to 20,000 characters for text or 15 minutes for audio and video. Small print: we will accept only first 500 works. Sorry, but we are unable to process more.

3. New and original
We accept only original works prepared specially for this contest. You must have all the rights to the work. Team work is acceptable. If your work is a remix, you need to provide the source for the works you re-used.

Future of Copyright Contest (Thanks, Jaroslaw!)

• [Florian Bösch]

  That’s easy. Best vision for the future of copyright in concise form that everybody understands, one word: “None”.

  • [digi_owl]

    Or at the very least, non-commercial sharing unconditionally approved.

  • [Jarosław Lipszyc]

    Write about it and submit for the contest. Seriously :-)

    • [Florian Bösch]

      I just did, I think. It’s my one-word novlette. It’s titled “None”. Its one word in all. For immediate public release, it is “None.”

• [DavidP]

  If you want a picture of the future of copyright, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, for ever.  And each time it stamps, a royalty is due to the Orwell estate.