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Lessig Spins Copyright Law

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-read dept.

ceebABC writes "In the always riveting CIO Insight magazine, tech-pundit (and professor) Lawrence Lessig examines the copyright laws and how they can be applied to e-books and other electronic forms of rights management... i.e., in today's world, the author doesn't receive a royalty everytime someone reads a book from the library. Will they in the future?"

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  1. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Copyright laws spin YOU!

    1. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Q. Why do they have 5 or more exits in a Russian theater?

      A. Because people are just dying to get out!

      Q. Why don't people like to sit by Russian soldiers in the movie theaters?

      A. They have bad gas

      Q. Why did the Russian theater patrons have to buy bigger clothes?

      A. Because they were carried out of the theater on a stretcher

      Q. Why did the Russian cinema fan fall out of his seat?

      A. Because he was dead

  2. Cyborg rights! by LinuxParanoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens when I get my artificially enhanced memory modules in 2025? Will the DMCA dictate what kind of memories I can have? Will media distributors discriminate against me as a buyer since I can play back my memories whenever I want?

    --LinuxParanoid, only somewhat tongue in cheek

  3. Next up... by wray · · Score: 4, Funny

    copyrighting popups, and extracting a royalty for everytime someone "reads" one...

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  4. DRM and Star Trek by dcuny · · Score: 1, Funny
    Ever notice that the Trekkie philosophy of not making multiple copies of something with the transporter is just DRM in disguise?

    I mean, if I were a red shirt, I'd certainly prefer to have my duplicate go down to be zapped, and (in the unlikely event that he's not killed), let his molecules be scattered to the winds when his lifespan is up.

    Heck, they can't even reconstitute something from the buffers once someone's dead. What's up with that? The only reasonable explanation is DRM.

    Clearly, we must act now to prevent this horrible future awaiting our great-grandchildren. Take up the battle cry now: Freedom to replicate!

    OK, where's the funny part again?

  5. How long... by Quaoar · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...till I have to play "catch the monkey" in order to read the climax?

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  6. Re:Pay per use would be great if done right by chromatic · · Score: 5, Funny
    So, if you listen to the latest Britney song 1000 times, you owe her some cash. And why shouldn't you?? If you listen to the song that much, obviously you're enjoying it.

    Not necessarily -- you could just have a roommate or an officemate tuned to a ClearChannel station.

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    how to invest, a novice's guide
  7. You lost who now in the what where? by Wraithlyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, what are we talking about again?

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    "Mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent present in every electron." -Freeman Dyson
  8. That's quantum physics by yerricde · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ever notice that the Trekkie philosophy of not making multiple copies of something with the transporter is just DRM in disguise?

    Actually, it's Heisenberg's quantum reality. As you measure the quantum state of the object you're transporting, you also destroy that state. Think of it as God's DRM.

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  9. Re:sTRANGE CONVOLUTED THINKING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Spell check dude, or were you spazzing out? Enemies, foreign, domestic. Calm down, your rights are all belong to us anyways.

    PS smoke one for me too.