Lessig On IP Protection, Conflict

cdlu writes "According to NewsForge [part of OSDN, like Slashdot], Stanford University law professor, author, and Creative Commons chairman Lawrence Lessig sharpened the definition of the ongoing legal struggle over intellectual property while talking at the Open Source Business Conference on Tuesday. According to Lessig: 'Contrary to what many people see as a cultural war between conservative business types and liberal independents, this is not a 'commerce versus anything' conflict. It's about powerful (business) interests and if they can stop new innovators'."

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Re:A threat to "developed nations"

[ratamacue]

Lots of other countries in the world are getting fed up with Stupid Lawyer Tricks in the US.

I know it's "in" to bash lawyers (I do it too), but lawyers only attempt to exploit the law because they know the law is exploitable. The root of the problem is government. The wider the scope of government, the more complex the law, hence the more exploitable the law. The more government is entangled in private affairs, the more the law will be exploited.

The simple fact that a common man needs to hire a specialist just to *interpret* the law illustrates how overly complex the law really is. Until this is fixed (until the scope of government is reduced), the law will continue to be exploited.