Calling Off the Copyright War
Jonathan Zittrain,
Boston Globe,
Nov 27, 2002
Article that takes a stand based on common sense against the curremt copyright regime. The author draws on evocative images - such as ASCAP filing suit against the Girl Scouts for royalties on songs sung around the campfire - to show the futility and impracticality of enforcement. "It's a bad idea," writes the author, "to tighten control over ideas and their expressions. Freedom of trade must not trump freedom of mind."
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