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From: David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:47:25 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: Dan Steinberg <synthesis () videotron ca> Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:39:29 To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: [Fwd: <nettime> copyrighting DNA tunes] Dave, For IP if you like. I particularly like that line "I pity you science fiction writers out there, trying to think up futures as bizarre as our present." Do you recognize it from somewhere? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: <nettime> copyrighting DNA tunes Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 09:48:42 -0400 From: "Jon Ippolito" <JIppolito () guggenheim org> Reply-To: "Jon Ippolito" <JIppolito () guggenheim org> To: nettime-l () bbs thing net
From the Now I've Seen Everything Dept:
"Maxygen's scientists and lawyers are proposing [to] encode the DNA sequences as MP3s or other music files and then copyright these genetic 'tunes'....As the 'authors' of these DNA-based songs, Maxygen could, in theory, control the rights to the compositions for 95 years or more--as opposed to the 17 years given under current patent law." http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,52666,00.html As laughable as Maxygen's proposal is, it also hints that the structural defects of copyright--which is supposed to protect the lowly from the mighty--are independent of the particular situation of art and artists. What's next, a Celera Genomics press conference with guest spokesman Lars Urlich? I pity you science fiction writers out there, trying to think up futures as bizarre as our present. jon # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo () bbs thing net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime () bbs thing net For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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