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- style="font-size:16px">«America needs a national conversation about the way in which so-called ‘intellectual property rights’ have come to dominate the rights of scholars, researchers, and everyday citizens. A copyright cartel, bidding for absolute control over digital worlds, music, and movies, now has a veto over technological innovation and has halted most contributions to the public domain from which so many have benefited. The patent system has spun out of control, giving enormous power to entrenched interests, and even trademarks arebeing misused. Lawrence Lessig’s latest book is essential reading foranyone who want to join this conversation. He explains how tech-nology and the law are robbing us of the public domain; but for allhis educated pessimism, Professor Lessig offers some solutions, too,because he recognizes that technology can be the catalyst for free-dom. If you care about the future of innovation, read this book.» — <flowSpan
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- id="flowSpan3236">Dan Gillmor, author of Making the News, an upcoming book on the collision of media and technology</flowSpan></flowPara></flowRoot> <flowRoot
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+ id="flowPara3128">«America needs a national conversation about the way in which so-called ‘intellectual property rights’ have come to dominate the rights of scholars, researchers, and everyday citizens. A copyright cartel, bidding for absolute control over digital worlds, music, and movies, now has a veto over technological innovation and has halted most contributions to the public domain from which so many have benefited. The patent system has spun out of control, giving enormous power to entrenched interests, and even trademarks arebeing misused. Lawrence Lessig’s latest book is essential reading foranyone who want to join this conversation. He explains how tech-nology and the law are robbing us of the public domain; but for allhis educated pessimism, Professor Lessig offers some solutions, too,because he recognizes that technology can be the catalyst for free-dom. If you care about the future of innovation, read this book.» — <flowSpan
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