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The Copyright Fuss Revisited

Posted by michael on from the apartment-will-clean-itself dept.

mpawlo writes "I was going to clean up my apartement, but instead I wrote a piece for Greplaw introducing a framework for the debate on how we should obtain a balance between users and authors where the author has good incentives to innovate, but where society at large is not too restricted due to the author's previous innovations. I am afraid that I personally have few practical solutions to introduce, but you might find my text useful as a quick introduction to what the copyright fuss is all about and why you should care."

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  1. Wasn't there a song? by swordboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I was gonna clean my apartment, but then I got.. wrote a piece for Greplaw..."

    No... I don't think that was it...

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  2. My introduction to the current copyright fuss: by darkov · · Score: 3, Funny

    The evil corporates want you by the balls. Even if you're a girl.

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    1. Re:My introduction to the current copyright fuss: by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      "The evil corporates want you by the balls. Even if you're a girl."

      Comments like that tend to inspire Jeff Foxworthy style jokes.

      1.) If your mom...
      2.) ...the evil corporates...
      3.) ????
      4.) ...by the balls...
      5.) ????
      6.) ...you might be a redneck.

  3. heavy writer by WPIDalamar · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I was going to clean up my apartement, but instead I wrote a piece for Greplaw"

    wow... when I skip cleaning my apartment, I usually end up playing a game of BF1942 or perhaps watch a bit on the tube. This guy goes out and writes a rather long essay on intellectual property that actually reads fairly well.

    1. Re:heavy writer by RDPIII · · Score: 2, Funny

      You need to work on your procrastination technique. May I suggest Structured Procrastination?

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  4. Mandatory Spelling-Nazi comment by Greedo · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was going to clean up my apartement, but instead I wrote a piece for Greplaw ...

    I hope you also skipped cleaning the bathroom, and took the time to spell check your article.

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  5. If it were me... by tmark · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was going to clean up my apartement, but instead I wrote a piece for Greplaw

    If I was this guy, I would be the most prolific contributor to Greplaw. Legal scholars would be citing my works as I am always looking for ways to put off cleaning my apartment.

    Thank heavens for slovenliness, or we would have one fewer article to throw on the copyright flame-heap here.

  6. In Soviet Russia by AllDewedUp · · Score: 1, Funny
    from the apartment-will-clean-itself dept.

    Apartment cleans you!

    I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. Really, I am sorry.