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[edit] THE RIO 2006 DECLARATION ON DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

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PREAMBLE

AS THE ATTENDEES OF THE 2006 iCOMMONS iSUMMIT, WE BELIEVE that the implementation of technical control of content through digital rights management systems (DRM) can hinder the development of arts and culture. DRM and the mass prosecution of filesharers are not acceptable solutions to an open and equitable society.

WE BELIEVE that creators and distributors have legitimate interests in protecting their works, but that DRM is not an effective or necessary means to achieving those interests.

WE BELIEVE that use of DRM is characteristic of a social order based around control and access permission, instead of cooperation towards common goals. Rules that were once arrived at through public deliberation and enforced through legal regulation become results of private decisions made by operators of DRM systems. The functioning of public institutions such a libraries, archives, universities and research centers, may be harmed by protection of content through DRM systems.

WE BELIEVE that creative reuse is one of the bases of culture, and that creative reuse is central to taking full advantage of new digital technologies. DRM hurts amateur and not-for-profit artists that cannot pay content licensing fees and until now have functioned in a space provided by fair use/fair dealing provisions.

WE BELIEVE that DRM strengthens the position of intermediaries – media companies and publishers – at the cost of the rights of authors, as it is the former who introduce and control such measures. With the help of DRM, producers can set up strict distribution standards and force artists to adhere to them, even if these might be against their interest, or may restrict artistic freedoms.

WE BELIEVE that competition is maximized by content that is not encumbered by DRM systems. DRM means that the choice of media player is tied to the content itself, and can be used to create monopolies in media player markets by content providers.

NOW THEREFORE, we, the undersigned,

(1) call for the creation of exceptions to anti-circumvention regimes that permit circumvention where it is undertaken for a lawful purpose;

(2) call for the creation of exceptions to anti-circumvention regimes that permit the circulation of circumvention devices that can be used to enable a lawful use;

(3) endorse and support the implementation of Creative Commons licensing and other open content licensing regimes in place of DRM;

(4) call for the exploration of new fee management approaches to ensure compensation of rightsholders without control over users.

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