DJ Sampology breaks down the legal matter in Creationistas campaign for copyright reform
A campaign to relax Australian copyright laws to promote creativity in the digital space has been launched through funding from the Australian Digital Alliance.
Creationistas calls for Australian copyright laws to be changed from Fair Dealing to Fair Use, to permit the reuse of material in any capacity providing it does not take revenue away from copyright owners or harm them in any other way.
Currently Australian copyright law is up for review, and Creationistas is calling for people to sign a petition that would bring Australian law in line with that of the US.
In a video created for the campaign by Dan Ilic of Downwind Media, Australian live audio visual DJ Sampology explains: “This is not about piracy, this is about culture. Piracy is about stealing, culture is about creation. Creativity is no longer something that’s packaged, sold and thrown away. Digital places breed ferocious creativity and encourage the collision of ideas that create many works of culture that aren’t made for commercial purposes but made by amateurs for the love of it.”
“This is not about piracy, this is about culture. Piracy is about stealing, culture is about creation.” Well why don’t you “create” your own stuff without stealing other people’s.
“Creation” means making something from nothing. If you want to create, do just that. Too many “artists” today think they are creating when they manipulate someone else’s creation. This is not true, either by definition or by interpretation. This petition is based on a lie, and deserves to be rejected.