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Lessig's "In Defense of Piracy"

Posted by Soulskill on from the landlubbers-just-don't-understand dept.

chromakey writes "The Wall Street Journal is running an essay from Lawrence Lessig about the fair use of copyrighted material on the Internet. He makes the case that companies who go to extreme lengths to squash minor videos, such as Universal, are stifling creativity in the modern era. Lessig makes specific reference to a YouTube video that was hit by a DMCA takedown notice, in which a 13-month-old child is dancing to a nearly inaudible soundtrack of Prince's 'Let's Go Crazy.' Lawrence Lessig is a board member for the Electronic Frontier Foundation."

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  1. What's particularly interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that this was written by Thomas Jefferson, and Lessig just republished it under his name. Yes, Thomas Jefferson knew about YouTube 200 years before it was invented.

  2. Re:Should be happy. by Ortega-Starfire · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stop thinking about the children, you pedophile!

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