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Lessig - Public Domain Dead in 35 Years

Posted by Zonk on from the rest-in-peace dept.

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.'"

2 of 469 comments (clear)

  1. No chance, NONE! by pdamoc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    enough people will get around and read stuff like this and then... they will not be able to hold us.

  2. Professor of Law, runs a mile. by davro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Lawrence Lessig is professor of law at Stanford University.
    http://www.law.stanford.edu/faculty/lessig/
    http://www.lessig.org/

    If the Public Domain is going to die can't we just water it.
    http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Apublic+dom ain