Structural Approach to IP Issues

Ars Technica: Intellectual Property and the Good Society – Page 1 – (⁸⁄₂₀₀₁): “These people (myself included) on the one hand acknowledge the many benefits that IP law has yielded in the modern economy, but on the other hand worry about the ever-encroaching technological and legal threats to our personal freedoms by large, moneyed corporations wielding bands of lawyers.” A nicely written and researched article about intellectual property “rights” and the dangers that current proposed treaties and legislation pose.

I definitely agree with the author (Jon Stokes) that the majority of people believe that content producers and distributors should be compensated for their work, but that people should still be allowed some freedom in how they use the content they purchase and shouldn’t be forced into sticking with one set model.