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.'"

Comments

I foresee a crisis at Disney

[Cronopios]

Does it mean that Disney will have to actually come up with new stories instead of ripping off Grimm brothers et al?

Re:So every single thought should be public domain

[ArsonSmith]

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"

Re:Going to die?

[Martin Blank]

You've got a lot of courage showing up here, Mr. Valenti.