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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. Re:Going to die? by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 1, Troll

    Plenty of things fall into the public domain every second of every day. In fact, I'm going to release this post into the public domain right now.

  2. Do NOT obey the laws. by DroopyStonx · · Score: 1, Troll

    Seriously...

    Shit like this happens based on pure greed, and they expect us to sit there and blindly follow the law? Hah.

    Even people on slashdot that are always siding with the RIAA on those piracy stories.. how can you justify this?

    The law is only good for so much, people. You CAN ignore it without consequence, you know..

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