The Economist has This One that says of all the many difficult issues , the copyright battle is becoming one of the most urgent, and bitterly fought, because it could yet determine the future character of cyberspace itself.
They say a return to the original purpose of copyright (the grant of a temporary government-supported monopoly on copying a work) may be the best course of action.
\”Over the past 50 years, as a result of heavy lobbying by content industries, copyright has grown to such ludicrous proportions that it now often inhibits rather than promotes the circulation of ideas…\”
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