Thursday, July 21, 2005

IPR: While I am against overrestrictive copyright laws, I was really angry reading this article about people creating illegal digital copies of Harry Potter. First, I find their unabashed and even proud rhetoric really apalling. But secondly, this is why people mistakenly think that we have to have tremendous restrictions on the internet, which ends up hurting the public by quashing legitimate and innovative uses of the internet. I like getting lots of things free on the internet, but some people think that isn't going to last. Instead, the internet will become like TV is now, where most people pay for premium access (ie: cable).

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