Instapundit notes an article in the New York Times arguing for the provision for more government gasoline to pour on the fire of IP-overreach — perpetual copyright. Glenn Reynolds explains why that’s an awful idea.
Originally posted 2007-05-20 21:29:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Lessig has started a wiki for a collaborative response to the Helprin op-ed:
http://wiki.lessig.org/index.php/Against_perpetual_copyright
I’m not confident that groupthink can address theoretical copyright issues cleanly without a strong editorial hand, but the results at the top of the wiki are pretty well polished at this point.
You’re probably right about the attempt to harness the “collective consciousness”! I just think it’s preposterous that at this stage anyone is suggesting a move to the “right” on copyright.