The Tyranny of Copyright?

Pinky3 writes "The Sunday New York Times Magazine has a long article entitled The Tyranny of Copyright? Views of both supporters of CopyLeft (Lessig and Zittrain) and Copyright (Ginsberg and Goldstein) are laid out. The article constrasts the cultural commons to the 'permission culture" and covers the unintended consequences of various US laws passed long ago." Dear NYT editors: "Copy Left" really shouldn't have a space in it. Thanks.

Comments

Re:Where is everybody?

[wwwillem]

That's because this is a NYT article. Please give everyone 30 minutes to complete their registration form.

But then you assume /.-ers are reading the articles before posting. I don't think so...... :)

CopyLEFT says...

[Hawkxor]

CopyLEFT says: We're going to Maine! and Pennsylvania! and Arkansas! and Ohio! and Michigan! and New Hampshire! aieeeeeaaaaaaaa!!!!!

CopyRIGHT says: duh...We have strategerie ha ha ha

CopyLEFT says: You might think you know where the lockbox is, and maybe you do. Or maybe that's a dummy, or a decoy lockbox. Only me and Tipper and the Secretary of Defense will know for sure.

corrections

[DeadSea]

Dear NYT editors: "Copy Left" really shouldn't have a space in it. Thanks.

Are slashdot editors really qualified to make such a request?

Although I think that number of spelling mistakes and duplicate articles has gone down in the last six months. Maybe all the subscribers are keeping a close watch and getting stuff changed before it is widely seen.

copy left

[Anonymous Coward]

they actually took the term "copyleft" and modified it, be thankful that they are re-distributing their "copy left" spaced variation for the benefit of the community.

This should be a new definition of irony...

[RobertFisher]

This should be a new definition of irony...

"Dear NYT editors: 'Copy Left' really shouldn't have a space in it. Thanks."

/. editors telling the editors of the NYT how to do their job...

Re:Its a conspiracy

[bj8rn]

Of course it's a conspiracy! It's copyright -- clearly a right-handed conspiracy against the left-handed and both-handed minorities. Even the 'C' inside the (C) is opened to the right, not to the left -- for the right-handed to stick their greedy hands in, that is. Copy left is the left-handed world's try at a counterattack, but we are largely outnumbered, so we probably don't have much chance. I personally am putting my hopes on the future copyboth to unite the torn-apart world again once and for all.

I hereby,,,

[Sarojin]

..announce that my DNA is CopyLeft, from this day forward.
If any Geekgirl wishes to gain access to my DNA, please send a picture and an essay on the effects of GPL and the software industry and what effects this will have on humanity in whole.
B with blue eyes can skip the essay.
Thank you.
III.IIVIVIXIIVIVXXIVVIIIIVVIIIXIIIIIVIIVIIII VVIIIV IIVIIIIIIVIII...

Advert on the page

[AndroidCat]

On the page, there's an ad graphic that's a bit distracting: Behind the woman and the Harrisdirect text, there's something large, pink, out of focus, curved, with a smaller rose-coloured something in lower-middle. Just what is that supposed to be?

And yes, I did read the article .. mostly ..

Re:no copyrights... no NYT registration

[OECD]

If there were no copyrights, you can bet the NYT would not be putting content on the Internat unless it was protected with DRM.

If there were no copyrights, there wouldn't be any DR to M.

Re:no copyrights... no NYT registration

[Smidge204]

Another human attribute which occurs from time to time is someone taking said work and claiming it as their own for the betterment or enjoyment of their bank account.

=Smidge=