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We have a 100 Euro cake. Don't know
for how many people. I haven't seen it.
Excuse me.
Creative Commons is not against copyrights,
it's not Communism.
Creative Commons licences offer,
on the basis of copyright,
a hack, technically speaking.
Techniques which have become common online,
like file-sharing or remixing,
those are made easier accessible by Creative Commons.
I think the Creative Commons licences
have one particular advantage,
that is they put difficult legal material
into certain pre-drafted licences
which are easy to use.
From those six you pick the one which fits best
and attach it to your document or work.
Even machines can read those licences.
That's a big bonus.
This is already working in many areas.
One example is Wikipedia.
The exchange of knowledge
is based on Creative Commons licences.
If you look at the most successful
business models online, like Facebook,
they're primarily based on the fact
that people share contents with others.
It's all about user generated content.
Google's most successful page
apart from the search function is YouTube,
which is about people sharing content.
It's possible to have successful models
on the basis of Creative Commons, too.
In hacking culture, the idea
of sharing knowledge, insights and works
has been a part of that culture for a long time.
For me, one thing is important: the visibility
you achieve with that.
You can search for works with those licences
and you can be found more easily.
That seems important to me.
Besides, my world is more than commerce,
so if economic players object to those licences,
it's not a problem for me.
Nowadays, everyone is creative.
Everyone has production means,
so everyone comes across copyright.
Everything we create
is automatically subject to copyright,
and if we publish something,
it's protected by copyright.
Therefore I wish for copyright
to be more accessible.
This may render Creative Commons superfluous.
It's always only been a key technology
for those times when the sharing knowledge
and culture would be made impossible
by classic copyright laws.
Creative Commons needs to be mainstream.
It needs to be what separating waste
is for the environment agency.
Not everyone knows what it's for
and what happens with it,
but it's good for the environment.
Similarly, if people upload videos or photos
in a non-commercial way,
they should do use a Creative Commons licence.
That would be good for the digital environment.
The number of works is rising.
I would hope for the scientific sector
in particular that the visibility of those works
is increased and that they are quoted more often.
But my birthday wish is
for more people to use them.
It should be free.
Subtitles: Stephanie Geiges