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Topic: Web 2.0
Haven't posted in a while and given that its late right now, I don't want to try analyzing The Daily Standard's article on Web2.0 that Zeldman pointed out. Rest assured, there are some controversial points in there and ranking high among the misconceptions is this choice quote:
"Meanwhile, digital piracy, enabled by Silicon Valley hardware and justified by Silicon Valley intellectual property communists such as Larry Lessig, is draining revenue from established artists, movie studios, newspapers, record labels, and song writers."
Exactly, it's either a black or white world on copyright according to the average pundit, politician, or MSM journalist like this article's author, Andrew Keen. If you've ever read any bit of Lessig, then you'd know that he's against illegal music downloading that doens't compensate creators. Questioning the world's current copyright balance is much different than being called an "intellectual property communist." It's an unimaginative and pathetic label that Lessig has heard a million times before from less vigirous MSM journalists. Congrats Mr. Keen for jumping on the communist copyright bandwagon.
Posted by cph19
at 2:33 AM EST
Updated: Sunday, 26 February 2006 7:02 PM EST