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The Tyranny of Copyright?

Posted by michael on from the stop-repressing-me dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Derivative works by jizmonkey · · Score: 0, Troll

    Lessig isn't a doctor of anything. He has a J.D. just like any other American lawyer but no lawyers actually call themselves "doctor."

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  2. Re:no copyrights... no NYT registration by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 1, Troll
    Those who object shouldn't enable a system by putting up with it. Find an alternative and patronize that instead.

    It's called a newsstand, Bunky. And it's outside, where it's cold, and it costs 50 cents and you get a whole bunch of stories you don't want to read and your hands get dirty from the cheap ink in the newsprint.

    ...and for that vast majority of the population born before 1975 who remember these newsstands, being able to search for and read a current NYT article on a screen in our living room with our feet up for FREE is a daily source of glee and wonder. All in exchange for my e-mail address and zipcode (or whatever it was, I registered back in, like '94, I don't even remember...)? Hoop Jumping? You call that Hoop Jumping? How are you going to feel when they join the WSJ et. al. and begin charging for their content? (At least you won't have to worry then about blocking ads, eh?)

    Honestly! Kids these days...