Legislation Needs A Better Reason Than That

The War Against Illegal File-sharing Is Like The Church's Age-old War Against Masturbation. It's A War You Just Can't Win.

So Uncritically Do We Accept The Idea Of Property In Culture That We Don't Even Question When The Control Of That Property Removes Our Ability, As A People, To Develop Our Culture Democratically.

This Does Not Mean That Every Copyright Must Prove Its Value Initially. That Would Be A Far Too Cumbersome System Of Control. But It Does Mean That Every System Or Category Of Copyright Or Patent Should Prove Its Worth.

Power Runs With Ideas That Only The Crazy Would Draw Into Doubt.

Copyright Law Has Got To Give Up Its Obsession With 'the Copy.' The Law Should Not Regulate 'copies' Or 'modern Reproductions' On Their Own. It Should Instead Regulate Uses--like Public Distributions Of Copies Of Copyrighted Work--that Connect Directly To The Economic Incentive Copyright Law Was Intended To Foster.