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Larry Lessig (the same guy who single-handedly designed Creative Commons) has spent the last 4 years investigating how to "stop this racket", and summarizes his

• greyish_water 15y ago
  Why not just pirate it?
• bh42222 15y ago
  The fact that it's a whole book makes me nervous. A strategy which requires a whole book to be explained sounds like giving up on anything simple and claiming we can go through 1001 non-radical steps to eventually get to a happy place. This to me is a form of denial. You realize simple solutions can not be practically implemented and you convince yourself a marathon of tiny changes is the way to go. (Disclaimer: I have not read that book.)
  • a1k0n 15y ago
    > The fact that it's a whole book makes me nervous. At least 3/4ths of the book beats you over the head with countless examples of the corruption, how it came to be, and why it's not technically illegal. The very last part covers potential solutions, none of which have a great chance of success due to the vested interests but should be tried anyway. e.g. a constitutional convention is one way out, if we can convince enough states to call one.
    • bh42222 15y ago
      The very last part covers potential solutions, none of which have a great chance of success due to the vested interests but should be tried anyway What happens if we try them all and they (as expected) do not succeed? If they don't have a great chance of success, why can't we find other solutions?