‘Crats nix Internet Bookmobile effort at Walden Pond

David Rothman writes “Oh, the Thoreauvian irony. Massachusetts officials so far won’t let Eric Eldred give away free copies of public domain books on the shores of Henry David Thoreau’s famous pond. Might jeopardize on-site bookstore sales at Walden, some fear. This man Eldred is up to something dangerous–using an Internet Bookmobile to promote the idea of making one’s own books from net.downloads. Hello, Garry Trudeau? Have fun drawing this up. Oh, and while you’re at it, how about doing something about John Kerry’s wimpiness toward the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act–likewise of interest to Eric Eldred? (Boston Globe via Larry Lessig’s blog.)”

July 22, 2004 by Blake Uncategorized 1