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Lessig - Public Domain Dead in 35 Years
tcd004 writes "Lawrence Lessig, in an article on the Foreign Policy site, predicts that the public domain will die a slow death at the hands of anti-piracy efforts. From the article: 'The danger remains invisible to most, hidden by the zeal of a war on piracy. And that is how the public domain may die a quiet death, extinguished by self-righteous extremism, long before many even recognize it is gone.'"
Does it mean that Disney will have to actually come up with new stories instead of ripping off Grimm brothers et al?
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No. It's spelled correctly. The /. editors forgot to add the sinister gregorian monk music and demon guide dogs and crows.
It's being done and it's called bloging.
5/17 5:11pm "My cat rolled over on it's back again today"
5/17 5:15pm "I feed my cat and he liked it"
5/17 5:23pm "That voice in my head telling me to kill my cat and eat it is getting harder to resist"
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
"An author can't do anything to prevent his heirs from relicensing his work."
/. - not having offspring is compulsory.
Not having offspring may be an option.
Oh wait this is
You've got a lot of courage showing up here, Mr. Valenti.
You can never go home again... but I guess you can shop there.
The FSF agrees with you, you know. In the GPL FAQ, it's written that if your code is shorter than the GPL, it's probably not worth it to put it under the GPL.
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Read too much Marx recently?