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Bill: It's the "Why" Not the "If"

By William Patry, Esq

Ben, I never claimed the debates over copyright as property were recent; to the contrary, that's why I quoted Birrell's lecture from 1898. I could just as easily gone back to the Battle of the Booksellers in the 18th century which took place when the term of protection for pre-existing works granted under the Statute of Anne expired, and booksellers argued that copyright, as an alleged natural right, was perpetual. They lost that argument. My posts have been on a different question altogether: w read more

Full post as published by Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars on August 26, 2009 (boomark / email).