Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Lessig weighs in on Orphan Works, NYTimes

In today's article Lessig offers what I think is a clearer explanation of the new copyright laws than I remember from others--presuming that the "14-year" rule is true (and I expect that it is).

I agree with him that the law should be simple and cheap, and favor the copyright owner. I'm not sure if this replaced the 90's "Mickey Mouse" law, or if this is an addendum that will only help big companies that have their own in-house experts, anyway.

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