Patry Copyright Blog Closed

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "William Patry, noted copyright expert and Google's top copyright lawyer, has decided to close his personal blog. (For no reason that he has explained, the archives are gone too.) Ordinarily, that wouldn't be very newsworthy, but that little blog has made a lot of news, outing the ACTA treaty and discussing lots of other important pending legislation. Mr. Patry gives two reasons for the closure: his personal views were being attributed to Google, and the current trends in copyright law are too depressing. Though I am not the only one to have done so, as someone who has contributed to that misunderstanding by listing his credentials without a disclaimer, I would like to publicly apologize to him. Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do to reverse the depressing trends in copyright law that I'm not doing already."

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[ocularDeathRay]

avoiding advertisements is nice, but what would really get me to lay down some subscription money?... the ability to only read stories that don't mention the word "blog".

I can't be the only one who feels this way...

Re:Self-censorship?

[Xanni]

I think you'll find our conservative parties are called "Liberal", "Labour" and "Family First". In the US, they are called "Republican" and "Democrat". There are progressive political parties, but they haven't been nearly as successful in appealing to voters and their fear and self-interest.