Big Win – Golan v. Gonzales
This is a big step in the right direction. The whole copyright and patent process in this country is in dire need of revision. But the process is so daunting that I was beginning to lose hope that we had the ability to address it. This case, described very well by Prof. Larry Lessig here, is a great confidence booster. Lessig’s awesome book, Free Culture, is a good primer on the whole subject too. It’s a shame the copyright issue is wrapped up in such legalese. I’m convinced that if more people just understood the basic freedoms that were at stake we’d all be making much more noise about it.
