Robin Gross and IP Justice

ethereal writes "According to this news.com article, former EFF attorney Robin Gross is starting up a new group called IP Justice in order to 'promote balance in global intellectual property law.' Her greatest fear? 'That we're too late.'"

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Re:It's never too late

[ajs]

A fear of being too late is well placed in this case. When it comes to issues like legislation, it's often too late. Time and again throughout history different nations have had very progressive laws, often stictly conforming to public opinion. And each time in the end they have been changed or made null and void. Or do you see the laws of the ancient Greeks still in power in Greece? Laws as liberal as the bill of rights simply cannot last, arguments like "we hope there is too much profit, and they are too late" only serve the purpose of drawing more attention to the feeding frenzy and stifling change more completely, which is good in this case.

Obviously, the above doesn't scan so well, as I was trying to keep strictly to your wording. However, I think it does do a good job of illustrating your main logical failure. "Look upon their works, ye mighty and rejoice" isn't as on the money as you might think, especially if the pattern holds and change for the better only comes through pain and suffering and ulitmately leads to corruption anyway (e.g. the French Revolution, Russian Revolution, etc).