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 Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Copyright law and roasted pig

"In 1930, 10,027 books were published. Today, 174 of those books are still in print. What would it take to put the remaining 9,853 out-of-print books onto the Internet?"

Here is another great piece by Lawrence Lessig. One might immediately assume the answer to that question is one of technology. However, you might be surprised by the real answer. It is legal problem, not a technical problem that keeps all of those books tied up in a legal black hole. And, it's a nasty legal issue at that. Thus, we ask why. That seems to be the question in the ongoing Eldred vs. Ashcroft Supreme Court case.

Lessig ends the piece as brilliantly as he starts it:
"As the Supreme Court once said about a statute that banned all indecent speech so that children would not be exposed, we don't "burn the house to roast the pig." Exactly right--not even to save a mouse."


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