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Copyright Common Sense

Jane Black writes in BusinessWeek online about the Eldred case about to be argued before the Supreme Court by Larry Lessig. At issue is whether copyrights can be extended past the point at which the cold dead fingers clutching the work have crumbled into a pile of greedy dust. It’s a straightforward, well-written, balanced column that tells the truth and thus implicitly sides with Eldred.

I find this truly heartening. The hardcore arguments for Eldred/Lessig’s position are all well and good and I believe every one of them. But we need much more than hardcore rants. We need our position to become common sense. Only thus can the tide be turned. Black’s article helps, as do a slew of other mainstream articles to which Doc points.

Maybe there’s hope for hope yet.

(Because I’m essentially a wuss, I won’t point out that the Court that’s deciding the case is 5/9ths asshole.)

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