Creative Commons Humbug says Dvorak

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1838244,00.asp
Will someone explain to me the benefits of a trendy system developed  
by Professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford? Dubbed Creative Commons,  
this system is some sort of secondary copyright license that, as far  
as I can tell, does absolutely nothing but threaten the already  
tenuous "fair use" provisos of existing copyright law. This is one of  
the dumbest initiatives ever put forth by the tech community. I mean  
seriously dumb. Eye-rolling dumb on the same scale as believing the  
Emperor is wearing fabulous new clothes.

If you are unfamiliar with this thing, be sure to go to the Web site  
and see if you can figure it out. Creative Commons actually seems to  
be a dangerous system with almost zero benefits to the public,  
copyright holders, or those of us who would like a return to a  
shorter-length copyright law.



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