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Public Domain Dead in 35 Years, Says Lessig
Created 03.09.2005 - 21:38

tcd004 writes 'Lawrence Lessig, in an article on the Foreign Policy site, predicts that the public domain will die a slow death at the hands of anti-piracy efforts.'

The danger remains invisible to most, hidden by the zeal of a war on piracy. And that is how the public domain may die a quiet death, extinguished by self-righteous extremism, long before many even recognise it is gone.

Originally by Zonk at Slashdot: Your Rights Online, 8:38 PM

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