Why are Democrats supporting copyright extremism rather than traditional constituents, like consumers, and traditional issues, like freedom of speech? Brendan Koerner tries to figure it out in the January/February Washington Monthly, and to assess the political costs Democrats will pay for betraying old friends. He concludes with this note: "Note to the Democrats: The dinosaurs got creamed." (PS: A careful analysis except on one point. Democrats are not monolithic on these issues, and some still support consumers and digital freedom. Yes, Hollings, Berman, and Biden are Democrats, but so are Boucher and Lofgren.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/22/2003 09:36:00 AM.
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.
