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The fact that there are ways to learn and develop knowledge without infringing on an absurdly over-broad copyright are irrelevant It's relevant to the extent t
by pigbucket 16y ago
The fact that there are ways to learn and develop knowledge without infringing on an absurdly over-broad copyright are irrelevant
It's relevant to the extent that it would have to be true in order to argue that the $150,000 fine promotes learning. The fact that I make that argument as "devil's advocate" and that I've got to sing "Like a Virgin" as an allegory of finding Jesus means I accept the law might be absurd. I would like greater insight into and specificity concerning the nature of that absurdity (the burden of the argument I quoted was being carried by a rhetorical question), and, for that reason, and for what it's worth, I find your comment more interesting and more substantive than the original post.
- MichaelSalib 16y agoThe author is actually a friend of mine; if you want more substance, you check out the slides for a longer form presentation on copyright reform that she did; see http://cmmulligan.com/?page_id=27 http://cmmulligan.com/?page_id=27 Alternatively, Jessica Litman's book Digital Copyright is short and a good exposition of these issues.