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Tim Wu: How the Legal System Failed Aaron Swartz—and Us (The New Yorker)
Tim Wu: How the Legal System Failed Aaron Swartz—and Us (The New Yorker)
Today, prosecutors feel they have license to treat leakers of information like crime lords or terrorists. In an age when our frontiers are digital, the criminal system threatens something intangible but incredibly valuable. It threatens youthful vigor, difference in outlook, the freedom to break some rules and not be condemned or ruined for the rest of your life. Swartz was a passionate eccentric who could have been one of the great innovators and creators of our future. Now we will never know.
·newyorker.com·
Tim Wu: How the Legal System Failed Aaron Swartz—and Us (The New Yorker)
Waxy.org: No Copyright Intended
Waxy.org: No Copyright Intended
‘No amount of lawsuits or legal threats will change the fact that this behavior is considered normal — I'd wager the vast majority of people under 25 see nothing wrong with non-commercial sharing and remixing, or think it's legal already.’
·waxy.org·
Waxy.org: No Copyright Intended
paidContent: Why The Music Industry Isn’t Suing Mashup Star ‘Girl Talk’
paidContent: Why The Music Industry Isn’t Suing Mashup Star ‘Girl Talk’
"So why hasn’t Gillis been hauled in front of a judge by the music industry? Probably because he’s the most unappealing defendant imaginable. Gillis would be a ready-made hero for copyright reformers; if he were sued, he’d have some of the best copyright lawyers in the country knocking on his door asking to take his case for free."
·paidcontent.org·
paidContent: Why The Music Industry Isn’t Suing Mashup Star ‘Girl Talk’