Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
June 17, 2009 • Wednesday
The Wall Street Journal recently ran an excellent editorial about how the centuries-old concept of copyright is as important as ever in the digital age, despite new threats to its enforcement.
The idea of art-author ownership is counter to the new strategies of much of the corporate world, and the Internet has made the theft of intellectual property historically easy. Though many citizens may be unaware, these problems may tear open the very fabric of what makes our society strong.
Even the Wall Street Journal — the money world’s news source — recognizes that copyright protections need to be protected.
See “Copyright Critics Rationalize Theft.”
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