Copyright vs. Community
by
Matt Lee
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Published on
Feb 22, 2008 03:19 PM
Location: Torgeson 2150, Virginia Tech, at the intersection of Alumni Mall and Drillfield Drive, Blacksburg, VA. Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed
to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing
press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer
networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.
The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for
draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while
suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to
serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright--to promote progress, for
the benefit of the public--then we must make changes in the other
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| When |
Mar 25, 2008
from 08:00 PM to 10:00 PM |
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| Where | Blacksburg, VA |
| Contact Name | freeculture@vt.edu |
| Contact Phone | 540-597-8820 |
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