Why govts make stupid copyrights
Monday, April 25, 2005
Boing Boing: Why govts make stupid copyrights
Donna Wentworth sez,
James Boyle has just delivered the piece de resistance in his three-part series on copyright for the Financial Times: ‘Deconstructing Stupidity.’ The stupidity in question is the way that governments typically make intellectual property law and policy — that is, without evidence that it will produce the desired social or economic benefit.
Copyright — laura
