I well worth reading What Do Intellectual Property Owners Want?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Andy Oram <andyo () oreilly com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:14:29 -0500 (EST)
To: dave () farber net
Subject: What Do Intellectual Property Owners Want?

(I don't usually bug you with two pieces in one day, but
this happened to be prepared for publication, and it's
relevant to current events.)

http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/ar/ip_owners.html

...

Why copyright? Why did this obscure branch of "intellectual
property," this private concern of entertainment and
software firms, become the most pressing public policy area
of the computer field?

[The Sklyarov and Jonansen cases] make us suspect that the
multiple tentacles of the "intellectual property" leviathan
bears barbed hooks on each end--and that some of the
critical issues in modern democracy and discourse may be
snagged by them.

...

(This article is also currently in print at The American Reporter,
http://american-reporter.com/)

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