The following website links to a book by Prof. Lawrence Lessig of Stanford on copyright issues. He actually argued a case in the Supreme Court two or so years ago against the continous extensions of copyright limits by Congress which prevented a lot of material entering the public domain. (He lost and explains why in the book)
He has good historical examples explaining how big media uses the law and technology to curtail creativity. Discusses everything from the lawsuits on college students by **AA to those of RCA on FM inventions in the 1930s. Definitely a good read by anyone interested in copyright issues.
By the way, Lessig is Chairman of the Creative Commons Foundation.
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The following website links to a book by Prof. Lawrence Lessig of Stanford on copyright issues. He actually argued a case in the Supreme Court two or so years ago against the continous extensions of copyright limits by Congress which prevented a lot of material entering the public domain. (He lost and explains why in the book)
http://www.free-culture.cc/
He has good historical examples explaining how big media uses the law and technology to curtail creativity. Discusses everything from the lawsuits on college students by **AA to those of RCA on FM inventions in the 1930s. Definitely a good read by anyone interested in copyright issues.
By the way, Lessig is Chairman of the Creative Commons Foundation.