Middle Ground?
Derek Slater,
Aug 19, 2005
Link to an article by Glenn Reynolds calling for an easing of legal restrictions on podcasters ('Lessig concludes: "The existing system is just workfare for lawyers.') and a short response from James DeLong. Following the links will lead you to a really good discussion of standards setting and intellectual property, also by DeLong. Now I don't agree with the stance taken by DeLong and the Progress Freedom Foundation (a too-obvious attempt to obfuscate the name of the Electronic Frontier Foundation); as Derek Slater comments, "They continuously beat the drum of market-based solutions." Slater suggests that 'music rights organizations' which offer blanket licenses or a form of voluntary collective licensing may provide that "elusive middle ground" that almost everyone is searching for. Maybe. But the music industry isn't just fighting file sharing; it is fighting an open marketplace, which will allow cheaper (and even free) competition.
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