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[FYI] Lawrence Lessig: The "Dinosaurs" Are Taking Over



http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_19/b3782610.htm

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MAY 13, 2002  

SPECIAL REPORT -- THE FUTURE OF E-BUSINESS  

Lawrence Lessig: The "Dinosaurs" Are Taking Over  

If the media giants have their way, the Net freedom fighter says, 
content will be rigidly controlled and innovation stifled  

Who should control the Internet? If Stanford University law professor 
Lawrence Lessig is right, the Internet will soon belong to Hollywood 
studios, record labels, and cable operators -- corporate giants that 
he says are trying to cordon off chunks of the once-open data 
network. Lessig's mission is to stop them.  

[...]

Q: Do we need a new definition or vision of copyright and 
intellectual property in order for e-business to move forward? A: We 
don't need a new vision. We just need to recognize what the 
traditional vision has been. [...]  

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