http://encephalosponge.com/2008/05/12/review-free-culture/ Soaking Up Life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:15:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://encephalosponge.com/2008/05/12/review-free-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Encephalosponge » Illegal File Sharers Beware Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:43:28 +0000 http://encephalosponge.com/?p=125#comment-462 [...] This sucks. So now instead of copyright reform and mending this incredibly broken IP situation, we break it even more by reinforcing the RIAA and MPAA. To some, this may sound like a good idea. “We’re defending the creative minds in the country and their Intellectual Property, and we’re taking the ‘War on Piracy’ seriously.” The problem is that most of the people who make these arguments don’t actually understand the situation. I wish I had more time to write about this now (maybe after midterms). All I can say is that if you think our current copyright policy needs stricter enforcement to protect our artists, you’re wrong! Check out Free Culture. [...] [...] This sucks. So now instead of copyright reform and mending this incredibly broken IP situation, we break it even more by reinforcing the RIAA and MPAA. To some, this may sound like a good idea. “We’re defending the creative minds in the country and their Intellectual Property, and we’re taking the ‘War on Piracy’ seriously.” The problem is that most of the people who make these arguments don’t actually understand the situation. I wish I had more time to write about this now (maybe after midterms). All I can say is that if you think our current copyright policy needs stricter enforcement to protect our artists, you’re wrong! Check out Free Culture. [...]

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]]> http://encephalosponge.com/2008/05/12/review-free-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-209 The Country of the Blind « Sadie-Jean’s Book Blog Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:32:05 +0000 http://encephalosponge.com/?p=125#comment-209 [...] of copyright before this was 28 years.  Lawrence Lessig covered this topic extensively in his book Free Culture.  Despite the governments increasing control over copyright law, some creators have taken it upon [...] [...] of copyright before this was 28 years.  Lawrence Lessig covered this topic extensively in his book Free Culture.  Despite the governments increasing control over copyright law, some creators have taken it upon [...]

]]> http://encephalosponge.com/2008/05/12/review-free-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-179 A Guest Review of “Free Culture” « Sadie-Jean’s Book Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 00:30:49 +0000 http://encephalosponge.com/?p=125#comment-179 [...] under Book News, Randomness &#183 Tagged Free Culture, Lawrence Lessig Check out Jonathan’s review of the book Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig on his website.  Here’s a little excerpt of his [...] [...] under Book News, Randomness &#183 Tagged Free Culture, Lawrence Lessig Check out Jonathan’s review of the book Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig on his website.  Here’s a little excerpt of his [...]

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