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.

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