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Re: William Patry Copyright Blog
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Re: William Patry Copyright Blog |
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Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:15:15 -0700 |
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In article <EdCdnZwxpoXfbQjVnZ2dnUVZ_rTinZ2d@giganews.com>,
rjack <robjack@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> 2. The Current State of Copyright Law is too depressing...
>
> Copyright law has abandoned its reason for being: to encourage learning and
> the
> creation of new works. Instead, its principal functions now are to preserve
> existing failed business models, to suppress new business models and
> technologies, and to obtain, if possible, enormous windfall profits from
> activity that not only causes no harm, but which is beneficial to copyright
> owners. Like Humpty-Dumpty, the copyright law we used to know can never be
> put
> back together again: multilateral and trade agreements have ensured that, and
> quite deliberately.
>
WIth a few minor rephrasings, Professor Patry could be describing our
whole current patent system as well!
- William Patry Copyright Blog, rjack, 2008/08/03
- Re: William Patry Copyright Blog,
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- Re: devoted freetard's thought, remembered, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/08/04
- Re: devoted freetard's thought, remembered, rjack, 2008/08/04