Hey folks, What do you think of Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html > (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life > of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific > advancement and its benefits. > > (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material > interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic > production of which he is the author. (1) sounds like it's exactly what we're about, promoting cultural participation. But (2) sounds like it could be used to justify maximalist policies in copyright and patent law, promoting absolute control over creative works, in such a way that it could prevent (1). Peace, ~Nelson~ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
