Steal lots of music and stuff

..well actually maybe you shouldn't...

Gord goes into great detail today about the current state of the Canadian DCMA versus the American version as well as where copy right fits in with world economics. Interesting and timely read.

Here's a quote:

Every artist is a cannibal every poet is a thief....and every company producing content of value depends on the public domain as a source of inspiration. Walt Disney's early films were based on stories in the public domain, yet copyright has continually been extended to the effect that no Walt Disney content has yet fallen into the public domain.

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