User:Solstag/Refusing Intellectual Property

There is a growing number of citizens, communities and enterprises that, in one form or another, outright refuse the idea that State and market, in collusion or individually, should be allowed to restrain the flow and use of information, be it knowledge or culture, theoretical or applied.

This workshop will discuss proposals and ideas to implement regulatory environments that democratically respect the will of these communities while, at the same time, preserve the current structures that also represent the interest of other segments of society.

In particular, a proposal will be discussed for an opt-in alternative rights system, where individuals who publicly waive their intellectual monopoly rights are rewarded by lifting the weight of those monopolies over them and their work.

We'll also discuss ways through which those who agree with this proposal can act to promote it, for example changing public opinion by building a scalable movement of people who commit, as much as possible under law, to waive copyrights from all their future works under certain conditions.