[PEN-L:775] Re: Re: Re: Mickey protected! <Pine.GSO.4.03.9810301602320.143-100000@harpo.admin.unc.edu> <13882.16473.576487.590817@lisa.zopyra.com>

[michael <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In answer to Bill's question, virtually everything is being commodified and given
intellectual property protection: we have discussed seeds, human genes ...

The noose will also make the free exchange of ideas taken over the net more
difficult.

William S. Lear wrote:

> What other products, besides cartoons, music, books, etc., would be
> protected?  Why, from a progressive standpoint, do we want these
> things to enter the public domain sooner rather than later?
>
> I think it's rather easy to see that the principle of public good is
> there and worth defending, but what actually is at stake?  A few
> cartoons, some music, books that are available in libraries (which are
> being defunded, of course)?

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

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