Sunday, September 15, 2002

Lessig on Freedom: Use It or Lose It "Lessig then described the gradual displacement of unregulated and "fair" use by endlessly extended copyright terms, as well as by a now-common assumption, driven by Hollywood, that copyright is an absolute form of property ownership. Then he chided the audience--a concentration of technologists who uniquely understand the nature of freedom and openness--for losing the battle with Hollywood for control of the copyright argument:" comment [] 9:47:50 PM

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