Free Speech Under Attack
Glenn Harlan Reynolds,
Tech Central Station,
Mar 07, 2002
Without vouching either for the credibility of the book nor the fairness of the coverage in this article, it is nonetheless important to note the use of copyright restrictions by Scientific American to stifle criticism of its review of Bjørn Lomborg's book "The Skeptical Environmentalist". As this article states, "If the digital copy-protection legislation that entertainment industries seek becomes a reality, one can expect many more restrictions on speech in boilerplate 'licensing' agreements, and additional legislation that will make it easy for corporate titans to silence critics a la Lomborg." Lomborg has removed the offending article, but thanks to the miracle of Google caching the original version of his page may be found here.
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