I tried to that in the early part of Steal This Idea. On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 07:49:04PM -0500, Michael Smith wrote: > > I wish somebody would write a good critical history of > copyrights and patents, all the way into the Big-Brotherish > world of "intellectual property" (what a concept!) that we live > in nowadays. The justification has always been that the musician, > writer, inventor etc. need to eat, but surely the real beneficiary, except > in quite rare cases, has been the publisher?
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
