A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn’t Its Copyright? – New York Times
Insanely stupid op-ed by Mark Helprin.
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A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn’t Its Copyright? – New York Times
Insanely stupid op-ed by Mark Helprin.
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Best moment in the piece: “Were I tomorrow to write the great American novel (again?)…”. Parentheses his. Can Helprin take out a copyright on his own arrogance, so it can last 70 years after his death?
Comment by Jessy — May 21, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
Ha! I didn’t even catch that. That is priceless.
Also, I didn’t have the time or inclination to write a reply to Helprin’s piece, let alone the space in the comments field on my del.icio.us bookmark. But Lawrence Lessig has set up a wiki page, Against perpetual copyright, so that the hive mind can take care of it.
Comment by Steve Lawson — May 21, 2007 @ 11:19 pm