Patry deleted his archives on his blog. That really sucks. On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:33 AM, Parker Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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