Great link, Kevin! For anybody else following it, it's worth noting that Patry responded to this essay, it's the second comment down.
I'm not sure where I stand on this. I don't think the judicial record has been quite as good as Tim Lee suggests, and I don't take much consolation in the idea that things could be fixed, in congress just decided it would fix them. That said, I think there have been a lot of good ideas and grassroots activity in the copyfight, and that's something Patry might not have considered. I'm warier than Tim about the value of a split between common norms and actual law. Tim Wu has written some great pieces about that, and Tehranian's "Infringement Nation" speaks to that idea as well: I think it's fundamentally a Very Bad Thing when most people behave like the laws do not exist. Unless the end goal is the total abolition of copyright in all forms, I think the prospect of reaching a good consensus on a reasonable copyright policy is greatly hurt by people just ignoring the law in its current form. Parker On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Kevin Donovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a countervailing opinion on the state of copyright: > http://techliberation.com/2008/08/02/why-im-not-a-copyright-pessimist/ > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Parker Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Some sad news in the free culture blogosphere, for those of you that >> didn't see it yesterday. William Patry is ending his blog, The Patry >> Copyright Blog. >> >> http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/08/end-of-blog.html >> >> Patry's blog has consistently been one of the best sources of information >> and opinion on copyright cases and legislation. It's very sad for me to >> hear that he won't be writing it anymore... If you aren't familiar with it, >> you could have a fantastic time reading through four years of back issues... >> over 800 posts. >> >> Sadder perhaps is his (second) reason for ending the blog: that "The >> current state of copyright law is too depressing." I think that's a stance >> many of us in this organization can identify with, and hope to help remedy, >> but to hear it from such a notable and prominent figure in the field is >> upsetting. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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