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March 31, 2004

The Irony of Copyright

I am currently reading Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig. The book is about Copyright and the Public Domain in the internet age and available as a free download under a Creative Commons license. The book mentions an H. G. Wells story called The Country of the Blind that I found online at a site called the Litrix Reading Room. Ironically the story had the following disclaimer:
The text of this work is in the public domain and is not copyrighted. However, the HTML tags and other computer code used to create this presentation are Copyright 2003 by Litrix Reading Room. It may not be reproduced, reposted or otherwise distributed without written permission of Litrix Reading Room.
The irony of this is simply amazing to me. Though I am not saying that Litrix' practice is in any wrong to me this perfectly showcases the importance of the public domain. Posted by Can Sar at March 31, 2004 04:58 PM to category Books, Music & Movies | TrackBack
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