Showing posts with label what do we want copyright to do. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

What do we want copyright to do?; (London) Guardian, 11/23/10

Cory Doctorow, (London) Guardian; What do we want copyright to do?: Without posing this question, asking whether intellectual property laws are working is like asking how long is a piece of string:

"Copyright is in tremendous flux at the moment; governments all over the world are considering what their copyright systems should look like in the 21st century, and it's probably a good idea to nail down what we want copyright to do. Otherwise the question "Is copyright working?" becomes as meaningless as "How long is a piece of string?""

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/nov/23/copyright-digital-rights-cory-doctorow