12 Feb 2002 @ 21:48, by ming. Legal, Justice
Ah, finally a sensible proposal about intellectual property, from somebody who might actually make it happen. Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig, and a number of collaborators are proposing a new type of licensing terms that allows artists, writers and programmers to give their work to the world while still keeping some controls over how it will be used. Something between copyrights and public domain. As the article suggests, this can very well be called a legal insurrection. Lessig is also the author of "The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World". More >
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