Until next year. All is quiet for now, both bills have been left for another day.
Tonight I found a terrific essay on the purpose of Copyright.
Written by Karl-Erik Tallmo, a Swedish writer, lecturer an publisher of the internationally acclaimed cultural web magazine The Art Bin (http://art-bin.com). He has participated as an expert in governmental investigations on new media in Sweden, and also been a member of several advisory boards, e.g. at the Royal Library in Stockholm and at the Swedish Research Council.
The Misunderstood Idea of Copyright.
Discusses the historic purpose from all sides and explains why Copyright law is even more relevant and necessary in the digital age.
A must read for anyone who thinks they hold a valid opinion.
Excerpt: The Misunderstood Idea of Copyright ~ As blues singer Peps Persson put it in an interview in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter recently: "I have to live. If my music shall be free of charge, everything else must be free too."
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