Lawrence Lessig, Copyright law and roasted pig, Red Herring, October 22, 2002. "The framers would never have allowed millions of monopolies for the benefit of just 2 percent; they would not have sacrificed the public domain to benefit a favored few. They had a bigger aim; their means were more focused. As the Supreme Court once said about a statute that banned all indecent speech so that children would not be exposed, we don't 'burn the house to roast the pig.' Exactly right --not even to save a mouse."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/23/2002 12:16:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
