Comments on: A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn’t Its Copyright? – New York Times http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/05/a_great_idea_lives_forever_shouldnt_its_copyright_-_new_york_times.html a library weblog by Steve Lawson Mon, 14 May 2012 16:51:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Steve Lawson http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/05/a_great_idea_lives_forever_shouldnt_its_copyright_-_new_york_times.html/comment-page-1#comment-1663 Steve Lawson Tue, 22 May 2007 05:19:33 +0000 http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/05/a_great_idea_lives_forever_shouldnt_its_copyright_-_new_york_times.html#comment-1663 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, <a href="http://wiki.lessig.org/index.php/Against_perpetual_copyright" rel="nofollow">Against perpetual copyright</a>, so that the hive mind can take care of it. 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.

]]> By: Jessy http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/05/a_great_idea_lives_forever_shouldnt_its_copyright_-_new_york_times.html/comment-page-1#comment-1657 Jessy Mon, 21 May 2007 21:07:50 +0000 http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2007/05/a_great_idea_lives_forever_shouldnt_its_copyright_-_new_york_times.html#comment-1657 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? 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?

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