OPEN LETTER FROM ARTISTS, CREATIVE AND CULTURAL WORKERS
OPEN LETTER FROM ARTISTS, CREATIVE AND CULTURAL WORKERS
* Self-expression is a human right *
* Internet censorship does not create a fair income *
Dear Members of the Parliament,
We as artists, creative and cultural workers appeal to you as representatives of the European Parliament:
The proposed Copyright Directive is not in our interests. We will gain no significant revenue from it, but it will reduce our ability to create new cultural works and find audiences for it.
Take responsibility for an internet that works for cultural producers and is free from censorship, and do not agree to the EU Copyright Directive in this form. Article 11 and 13 are fundamentally against our interests.
Currently open letters are circulating that are claiming that the new directive would enable a „free“ internet by strengthening the copyright holders in relation to commercial providers and thus promote a „fairer“ form of „participation“ and „renumeration“. None of this will happen.
The directive will not lead to:
higher incomes for artists
guarantee of non-reproducibility of one’s own work
protection from theft of ideas
protection from piracy
reduce the monopoly position of the dominant group of social media companies
What it will lead to:
censorship on the internet
containment of creative exchange
transfer of the judicial sovereignty to private decision-makers
wrongful decisions due to algorithmic bias
impediment of fair procedures which then will be neither open nor individual
enablement of abuse of power through non-public decision-making processes
abusive interpretation for the own benefit of the commissioned platforms
exclusion of self-uploaded material that even meets the criteria of copyright law but categorizes as further prohibited content such as pornography, insult, depiction of violence, terrorism etc.
uncertainty and self-censorship instead of motivation to creativity and self-expression
We also want to point out that we are highly critical of how platforms cash in on unpaid labour by countless contributors – not just artists – and that we must find new models for how the revenue of these value-added processes can be redistributed more equally.
We therefore appeal to you: Say NO – vote against the Copyright Directive!
Signatories
Nora Al-Badri, artist, Berlin
https://www.nora-al-badri.de/
Fahim Amir, writer, curator, artist, senior lecturer, University of the Arts, Linz
Clemens Apprich, PhD, Centre for Digital Cultures, Leuphana University, Lüneburg
https://www.leuphana.de/en/university/staff-members/clemens-apprich.html
Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory, art, technology & feminism
www.mzbaltazarslaboratory.org/
Gerald Bast, president, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
https://www.dieangewandte.at/en/
Aram Bartholl, artist, Berlin
www.arambartholl.com
Konrad Becker, hyper media researcher and interdisciplinary content developer, initiator of Public Netbase and World Information Institute, Vienna
https://world-information.net/en/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Becker
Ulrike Bergermann, professor for media studies, University of Art, Braunschweig
http://www.hbk-bs.de/hochschule/personen/ulrike-bergermann/
Željko Blaće, co-founder of MaMa (Zagreb) and ccSPORT (Berlin), Europe
http://Blace.name/
Sebastian Bodirsky, filmmaker, Berlin
http://sb.paqc.net/
Candice Breitz, artist, professor at University of Art Braunschweig, Berlin
http://candicebreitz.net/
Andreas Broeckmann, art theorist, Leipzig/Berlin
http://www.mikro.in-berlin.de/
Alina Buchberger, Dramaturgie, Kampnagel, Hamburg
Nadja Buttendorf, visual artist, founding member of Cyborgs e.V., Berlin
http://www.nadjabuttendorf.com
Constant Dullaart, artist, WerkplaatsTypografie, Arnhem
https://constantdullaart.com
Constant vzw, artist-run art, media and technology organisation, Brussels
http://www.constantvzw.org
Karl-Heinz Dellwo, filmmaker and publisher, Hamburg
http://www.bellastoria.de
Carola Dertnig, visual artist, professor at Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carola_Dertnig
Detlef Diederichsen, divisional director music and performing arts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
https://www.hkw.de/en/hkw/organigramm/musik_tanz_theater/musik_tanz_theater.php
Diedrich Diederichsen, cultural theorist, professor at Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna/ Berlin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Diederichsen
Paul Feigelfeld, researcher, curator, Vienna
„UNCANNY : Artificial Intelligence & You“, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
http://www.viennabiennale.org/en/exhibitions/detail/uncanny-values-artificial-intelligence-you/
Andreas Fogarasi, artist, writer, co-editor of dérive, magazine for urban research, Vienna
https://derive.at/autoren/andreas-fogarasi/
FORUM STADTPARK, interdisciplinary space for art and culture, Graz
http://www.forumstadtpark.at
Günter Friesinger, writer, curator, member of monochrom, Vienna
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Friesinger
http://monochrom.at
Matthias Fritsch, visual artist, Technoviking Archiv, Berlin
http://subrealic.net
Kristoffer Gansing, artistic director, transmediale festival for art and digital culture, Berlin
https://transmediale.de/
Johannes Grenzfurthner, artist, filmmaker, curator, writer, member of monochrom, Vienna
https://about.me/grenzfurthner
http://monochrom.at
Marina Gržinić, PhD, artist, philosopher, professor at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, researcher advisor at ZRC-SAZU Institute of philosophy, Ljubljana,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Gr%C5%BEini%C4%87
http://grzinic-smid.si/
Adnan Hadziselimovic, PhD, head of department of digital arts, University of Malta
https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/adnanhadziselimovic
Karin Harrasser, media theorist, curator, editor of ZfK – Magazine For Cultural Studies, professor for cultural theory, University of Art and Design, Linz
http://www.ufg.at/Kulturwissenschaft.1401.0.html
Joan Heemskerk, artist, member of the artist collective JODI
http://wwwwwwwww.jodi.org/
Reni Hofmüller, artist, musician, curator, founding member of mur.at, founding member and artistic director of esc media art laboratory, Graz
https://esc.mur.at/
Jogi Hofmüller, artist and IT-consultant, founding member of Radio Helsinki and mur.at association for the promotion of network art, Graz
https://mur.at/
Tom Holert, writer, researcher, curator, Harun Farocki Institut, Berlin
http://harun-farocki-institut.org
Susanne Holschbach, PhD, art and media scientist, curator, lecturer, Berlin
Endy Hupperich, painter and lecturer, Art Academy Bad Reichenhall, Mexico City/ Germany
http://www.endy-hupperich.com/
IG Kultur Vienna, representation of cultural workers & institutions, Vienna
https://igkulturwien.net/
Thomas J. Jelinek, conceptual artist, director, dramaturge, curator nomad.theatre, Vienna
http://nomad-theatre.eu/
Rebekka Kiesewetter, Lic. phil., art historian, economist, writer, curator, founding member of DA Institute of Applied Knowledge, Berlin
https://www.rebekkakiesewetter.com/
http://www.da-institut.org
Angela Koch, Pprofessor for aesthetics and pragmatics of audiovisual media, director of MA studies in media culture and art theory, University of Art and Design, Linz
http://blog.mkkt.ufg.ac.at/angelakoch/
Hubertus Kohle, professor of art history, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubertus_Kohle
Olia Lialina, internet artist, theorist, curator, director at the New Media Pathway programme at Merz Akademie of Art, Design and Media, Stuttgart
http://art.teleportacia.org/
Johann Lurf, artist, Vienna
http://johannlurf.net/
Tomislav Medak, media theorist and amateur librarian, member of Multimedia Institute/MAMA (Zagreb) and Centre for Postdigital Cultures (Coventry University)
http://www.mi2.hr/
http://www.memoryoftheworld.org
http://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/areas-of-research/postdigital-cultures/
Suzana Milevska, visual culture theorist, curator, principal investigator Politecnico di Milano TRACES
http://www.traces.polimi.it/event/contentious-object-ashamed-subjects-exhibition/
monochrom, art-technology-philosophy-group, Vienna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochrom
Gabriel Ben Moshe (S Moses), digital-based artist, Weimar/ Tel Aviv
http://www.gabsmoses.com
Michael Murtaugh, Senior Lecturer, Experimental Publishing Master, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
http://xpub.nl/
Stefanos Pavlakis, artist/ director, Berlin
http://www.stefanos-pavlakis.com/
Oliver Pietsch, artist, Berlin
http://www.oliverpietsch.com
p.m.k, Cultural Life Support System, Innsbruck
http://www.pmk.or.at
Paul Poet, film director, journalist, media scientist, project manager, Vienna
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1301724/
qujOchÖ, art collective, Linz
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/QujOch%C3%96
Ursula Maria Probst, curator, writer, artist, lecturer, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
https://www.fluc.at/kunstimfluc/
Magdalena Reiter, open design & open knowledge activist
https://www.magdalenareiter.at/
Roel Roscam Abbing, artist, researcher, member of https://vvvvvvaria.org/
https://roelof.info
Robert Sakrowski, curator, Panke gallery, Berlin
http://www.panke.gallery/
Marius Schebella, artist and developer, head of subnet, platform for media art and experimental technologies Salzburg
http://www.subnet.at
Ashley Hans Scheirl, Mag. MA, artist, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Berlin/Vienna
http://www.ashleyhansscheirl.com
Georg Schelbert, Head of Media Library/ Department of Art and Visual History, Humboldt University, Berlin
http://www.kunstgeschichte.hu-berlin.de/personen/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeiterinnen/georg-schelbert/
Elisabeth Schimana, artistic director of IMA Institute for Media Archology, St. Poelten
http://ima.or.at
Nora Sdun, publisher, Textem Verlag, Hamburg
http://www.textem.de/
Judith Siegmund, professor for contemporary aesthetics, State University of Music and the Performing Arts, Stuttgart
http://www.judithsiegmund.de
Sumugan Sivanesan, researcher/ writer/ anti-disciplinary artist, Berlin/ Sydney
http://sivanesan.net/
Domagoj Smoljo, artist, !Mediengruppe Bitnik
https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/
Cornelia Sollfrank, PhD, artist and researcher, Berlin
http://artwarez.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Sollfrank
Felix Stalder, writer and researcher, member of the technopolitics group Vienna, professor for digital cultures and network theories at the University of the Arts, Zurich
http://felix.openflows.com
Hito Steyerl, filmmaker, writer, Berlin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hito_Steyerl
Axel Stockburger, PhD, artist, assoc. prof. for art and cultural theory, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
http://stockburger.at/
Nina Stuhldreher, visual artist, reality researcher, neurodiversity activist, Vienna/ Berlin
http://blog.mkkt.ufg.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/netzaktivismus_LV-2.jpg
Kathrin Stumreich, visual artist, Vienna
http://www.kathrinstumreich.com/
Winnie Soon, MA, MSc, Ph.D, Assistant Professor
Department of Digital Design and Information Studies, Aarhus University
http://aestheticprogramming.siusoon.net/
Peggy Sylopp, artist and computer scientist, Berlin
http://peggy-sylopp.net
Tamiko Thiel, freelance media artist, Munich
http://www.tamikothiel.com
Magdalena Tyzlik-Carver, Assistant Professor in Digital Design and Information Studies, Aarhus University
Wolfgang Ullrich, art theorist, writer, Leipzig
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Ullrich_(Kunsthistoriker)
https://www.digitale-bildkulturen.de/
ideenfreiheit.de
Yvonne Volkart, researcher, lecturerer, Academy of Art and Design, Basel
https://www.fhnw.ch/de/personen/yvonne-volkart
Carmen Weisskopf, artist, !Mediengruppe Bitnik,Berlin
https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/
Thomas Willmann, author, Munich
Mick Wilson Artist/Educator, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Sweden
Marlies Wirth, Curator Digital Culture & Design Collection, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
http://mak.at/
Florian Wüst, film curator, publisher, curatorial team of transmediale, Berlin
https://transmediale.de/
Martin Zellerhoff, photographer, fair pay activist, Berlin
http://www.ich-krieg-weniger.de
http://fairpaynotfilters.eu/
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