Richard Stallman on copyright
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- If you’re in New York, the Free Software Foundation’s Richard Stallman is today slated to give a talk on Copyright at the Cardozo Law School, starting at 6:00 pm.
“Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press,” says the FSF, going on:
“But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it. ”
“The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright–to promote progress, for the benefit of the public–then we must make changes in the other direction.”
Moot Court Room (first floor auditorium)
Cardozo School of Law
55 5th Ave
(corner of 12th street and 5th ave)
Yeshiva University
(Cheers, Jay)
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