> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Do I *have* to read Fisher's book? I really wasn't impressed by > Lessig's riff on it.
Nor me. I've just received a review copy of "Rethinking Copyright" by Ronan Deazley. That's my homework for the next week or so. :-} Hopefully I'll then be able to substantiate all my currently idiotic abolitionist positions to David Berry's stringent satisfaction. ;-) Oh, and I should add, that all our argument about copyright should be seen for what it is - pure self-indulgent entertainment. Copyright is not argued away on the basis of ethics, but on the basis that it has actually ceased to exist. All subsequent argument is for vicarious pleasure or pity, e.g. to persuade Canute's coterie that contrary to expectations, their commander is currently submerged in two fathoms of beautiful briny and that he hasn't got much oxygen left in his lungs. Persuading people that copyright was actually unethical anyway is just being charitable to help people ease themselves in its passing. _______________________________________________ fc-uk-discuss mailing list fc-uk-discuss@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/fc-uk-discuss
