Comments on: The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Important Cyberlaw & Info-Tech Policy Books (2011 Edition) http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-74921 Important Cyberlaw & Info-Tech Policy Books (2011 Edition) Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:08:12 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-74921 <p>[...] year. I’ve decided to drop the top 10 list approach I’ve used in past years (see 2008, 2009, 2010) and just use a more thematic listing of major titles released in 2011.  This thematic [...]</p> [...] year. I’ve decided to drop the top 10 list approach I’ve used in past years (see 2008, 2009, 2010) and just use a more thematic listing of major titles released in 2011.  This thematic [...]

]]> By: The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2010 http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-72041 The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2010 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:14:59 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-72041 <p>[...] however, as is the case each year [see my 2008 & 2009 lists], I need to repeat a few disclaimers.  First, what qualifies as an “important” info-tech [...]</p> [...] however, as is the case each year [see my 2008 & 2009 lists], I need to repeat a few disclaimers.  First, what qualifies as an “important” info-tech [...]

]]> By: Chat about Cyberlaw & Tech Policy Books with Tim Lee and Me http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-69825 Chat about Cyberlaw & Tech Policy Books with Tim Lee and Me Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:23:37 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-69825 <p>[...] important info-tech policy book of 2010 and relating them them to previous choices from 2008 and 2009.  I’ll also be placing some of them along my Internet “optimist v. pessimist” [...]</p> [...] important info-tech policy book of 2010 and relating them them to previous choices from 2008 and 2009.  I’ll also be placing some of them along my Internet “optimist v. pessimist” [...]

]]> By: | 2010 http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-68436 | 2010 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:04:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-68436 <p>[...] The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 [...]</p> [...] The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 [...]

]]> By: Raid recovery http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-68795 Raid recovery Mon, 31 May 2010 09:21:54 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-68795 <p>Have read Digital Barbarism: A Writer’s Manifesto by Mark Helprin. A great read. Will now definitely get the rest of them</p> Have read Digital Barbarism: A Writer’s Manifesto by Mark Helprin. A great read. Will now definitely get the rest of them

]]> By: rashmi23w http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-68311 rashmi23w Mon, 31 May 2010 04:21:54 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-68311 <p>Have read Digital Barbarism: A Writer’s Manifesto by Mark Helprin. A great read. Will now definitely get the rest of them</p> Have read Digital Barbarism: A Writer’s Manifesto by Mark Helprin. A great read. Will now definitely get the rest of them

]]> By: Emeri Gent [Em] http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-68159 Emeri Gent [Em] Thu, 20 May 2010 11:59:06 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-68159 <p>Coming to the TLF blog for me is a bit like going to Japan without knowing any Japanese other than knowing that Samurai's have an honor code but even they don't know where the next Ninja may arrive from. What I do recognize is that I should at least be aware of a modicum of policy issues for in my own web journey I am beginning to see the role of policy wonks as more than just an elite intelligentsia. <br><br>That the only author I recognize on this list of books is Chris Anderson serves as a personal realization. As an outsider I am not all corrupted by a book review because as traveler does not treat culture as gospel (sure a tourist treats it as entertainment) but a traveler learns in new environs and this is indeed for me a new environ.<br><br>The book that seems to be missing here is the one that explains the ferocity of intellectual exchanges between policymakers and whether in this (albeit necessary) exchange, there is merely a Cartesian connection with society, or the kindling of that kind of "Founding Father" spirit which is to get back to the beginning to execrate society from a jungle of detail and recognize what it means to start anew.<br><br>I can also begin to differentiate between policy makers and economists as a traditional paradigm and then wonder what transformation possibilities exist with info-tech policy shakers. I know full well the adage of too many cooks spoil the broth, but the making of policy is not a recipe that I am trying to learn, it is the disruptive innovation in policy making that I recognize in this book listing, without getting absorbed in the thunder and lightening of surgically dissecting thinking.<br><br>There is much in our law and policy making that needs to be shook up, my primary interest here isn't that people are capable of writing out argument, but what the future holds personally for me, someone who is a million miles removed from the world of policy wonks. There is a change which is afoot, that much is clear to see, but it is a question of how much of this energy is being invested in the intellectual portal of same as it ever was, and how much is transforming the world of the policy wonks who play a crucial role in this new emerging future.<br><br>Of course that is solely for me to determine. At least that way I feel like I have traveled to Japan and came back with some wisdom about a new culture, to do anything else would be more like investing time in figuring out the stamina required to engage hara kiri and since I do believe that the future is an integration of diversity, this book list is a good start at least for me on my journey.<br><br><b>[Em]</b></p> Coming to the TLF blog for me is a bit like going to Japan without knowing any Japanese other than knowing that Samurai's have an honor code but even they don't know where the next Ninja may arrive from. What I do recognize is that I should at least be aware of a modicum of policy issues for in my own web journey I am beginning to see the role of policy wonks as more than just an elite intelligentsia.

That the only author I recognize on this list of books is Chris Anderson serves as a personal realization. As an outsider I am not all corrupted by a book review because as traveler does not treat culture as gospel (sure a tourist treats it as entertainment) but a traveler learns in new environs and this is indeed for me a new environ.

The book that seems to be missing here is the one that explains the ferocity of intellectual exchanges between policymakers and whether in this (albeit necessary) exchange, there is merely a Cartesian connection with society, or the kindling of that kind of “Founding Father” spirit which is to get back to the beginning to execrate society from a jungle of detail and recognize what it means to start anew.

I can also begin to differentiate between policy makers and economists as a traditional paradigm and then wonder what transformation possibilities exist with info-tech policy shakers. I know full well the adage of too many cooks spoil the broth, but the making of policy is not a recipe that I am trying to learn, it is the disruptive innovation in policy making that I recognize in this book listing, without getting absorbed in the thunder and lightening of surgically dissecting thinking.

There is much in our law and policy making that needs to be shook up, my primary interest here isn't that people are capable of writing out argument, but what the future holds personally for me, someone who is a million miles removed from the world of policy wonks. There is a change which is afoot, that much is clear to see, but it is a question of how much of this energy is being invested in the intellectual portal of same as it ever was, and how much is transforming the world of the policy wonks who play a crucial role in this new emerging future.

Of course that is solely for me to determine. At least that way I feel like I have traveled to Japan and came back with some wisdom about a new culture, to do anything else would be more like investing time in figuring out the stamina required to engage hara kiri and since I do believe that the future is an integration of diversity, this book list is a good start at least for me on my journey.

[Em]

]]> By: Celebrating 5,000 Posts on the Technology Liberation Front Since 2004! http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-67711 Celebrating 5,000 Posts on the Technology Liberation Front Since 2004! Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:06:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-67711 <p>[...] Books: Adam’s The Digital Decade’s Definitive Reading List: Internet & Info-Tech Policy Books of the 2000s & The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 [...]</p> [...] Books: Adam’s The Digital Decade’s Definitive Reading List: Internet & Info-Tech Policy Books of the 2000s & The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 [...]

]]> By: Welcoming Larry Downes to the TLF http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-67260 Welcoming Larry Downes to the TLF Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:30:59 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-67260 <p>[...] innovation to improve our lives and a healthy skepticism about regulation—as Adam noted in his 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 [...]</p> [...] innovation to improve our lives and a healthy skepticism about regulation—as Adam noted in his 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 [...]

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-66681 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:59:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-66681 <p><strong>book review: Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget...</strong></p> <p>Of the many tech policy-related books I've read in recent years, I can't recall ever being quite so torn over one of them as much as I have been about Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. There......</p> book review: Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget…

Of the many tech policy-related books I’ve read in recent years, I can’t recall ever being quite so torn over one of them as much as I have been about Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. There……

]]> By: TLF/10 Best | Larry Downes http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64453 TLF/10 Best | Larry Downes Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:04:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64453 <p>[...] “The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009,” Technology Liberation Front, December, 2009. The Progress and Freedom Foundation’s Adam Thierer named “The Laws of Disruption” his favorite policy book of 2009. Share and Enjoy: [...]</p> [...] “The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009,” Technology Liberation Front, December, 2009. The Progress and Freedom Foundation’s Adam Thierer named “The Laws of Disruption” his favorite policy book of 2009. Share and Enjoy: [...]

]]> By: John W Dozier Jr http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-65017 John W Dozier Jr Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:51:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-65017 <p>Adam: Thanks for the Google Bomb Book mention. Certainly my perspective on copyright differs from Mr. Patry's view. And that is what makes the world go 'round. You did list Mr. Patry's book as one of the most important of the year. It's important in the sense that it offers one view of copyright law. He writes as a proponent of a certain view on the role that copyright law should play in our society. It is what it is... and I found it very insightful although I disagree with alot of what he says. <br><br>Mr. Patry is the Chief In-House Copyright Counsel for Google. Can you imagine him authoring a book that undermines the Google business philosophy on copyright? <br><br>It's a well written book with a lot of excellent, thought provoking arguments. And your review of it is the same....<br><br>Well, my online Christmas hour is up...Merry Christmas to all! I'm thinking my New Year's resolution will be to "disagree agreeably". Now that's going to be a tough one, isn't it?</p> Adam: Thanks for the Google Bomb Book mention. Certainly my perspective on copyright differs from Mr. Patry's view. And that is what makes the world go 'round. You did list Mr. Patry's book as one of the most important of the year. It's important in the sense that it offers one view of copyright law. He writes as a proponent of a certain view on the role that copyright law should play in our society. It is what it is… and I found it very insightful although I disagree with alot of what he says.

Mr. Patry is the Chief In-House Copyright Counsel for Google. Can you imagine him authoring a book that undermines the Google business philosophy on copyright?

It's a well written book with a lot of excellent, thought provoking arguments. And your review of it is the same….

Well, my online Christmas hour is up…Merry Christmas to all! I'm thinking my New Year's resolution will be to “disagree agreeably”. Now that's going to be a tough one, isn't it?

]]> By: John W Dozier Jr http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64361 John W Dozier Jr Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:51:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64361 <p>Adam: Thanks for the Google Bomb Book mention. Certainly my perspective on copyright differs from Mr. Patry's view. And that is what makes the world go 'round. You did list Mr. Patry's book as one of the most important of the year. It's important in the sense that it offers one view of copyright law. He writes as a proponent of a certain view on the role that copyright law should play in our society. It is what it is... and I found it very insightful although I disagree with alot of what he says. <br><br>Mr. Patry is the Chief In-House Copyright Counsel for Google. Can you imagine him authoring a book that undermines the Google business philosophy on copyright? <br><br>It's a well written book with a lot of excellent, thought provoking arguments. And your review of it is the same....<br><br>Well, my online Christmas hour is up...Merry Christmas to all! I'm thinking my New Year's resolution will be to "disagree agreeably". Now that's going to be a tough one, isn't it?</p> Adam: Thanks for the Google Bomb Book mention. Certainly my perspective on copyright differs from Mr. Patry's view. And that is what makes the world go 'round. You did list Mr. Patry's book as one of the most important of the year. It's important in the sense that it offers one view of copyright law. He writes as a proponent of a certain view on the role that copyright law should play in our society. It is what it is… and I found it very insightful although I disagree with alot of what he says.

Mr. Patry is the Chief In-House Copyright Counsel for Google. Can you imagine him authoring a book that undermines the Google business philosophy on copyright?

It's a well written book with a lot of excellent, thought provoking arguments. And your review of it is the same….

Well, my online Christmas hour is up…Merry Christmas to all! I'm thinking my New Year's resolution will be to “disagree agreeably”. Now that's going to be a tough one, isn't it?

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64324 eee_eff Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:34:15 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64324 <p>“I cannot think of a single significant innovation in neither the creation or distribution of works of authorship that owes its origins to the copyright industries?"<br><br>I think he meant what he said. Can you cite a significant innovation in the creation or distribution of works that owes its origins to the copyright industries? (Please read and understand the question before answering it--a book is not "an innovation in the creation or distribution of works") I would suggest reading a book such as Michael Perelman's Steal This Idea before answering too, as it seems entirely credible that copyright and patent law, as they currently exist do more to stifle innovation than foster it. And I would raise the standard also, that such legal creations should be optimized, not for the benefits of the rights holders, but to promote the advancement of science and the useful arts, the constitutionally-prescribed goal of copyright and patent laws...</p> “I cannot think of a single significant innovation in neither the creation or distribution of works of authorship that owes its origins to the copyright industries?”

I think he meant what he said. Can you cite a significant innovation in the creation or distribution of works that owes its origins to the copyright industries? (Please read and understand the question before answering it–a book is not “an innovation in the creation or distribution of works”) I would suggest reading a book such as Michael Perelman's Steal This Idea before answering too, as it seems entirely credible that copyright and patent law, as they currently exist do more to stifle innovation than foster it. And I would raise the standard also, that such legal creations should be optimized, not for the benefits of the rights holders, but to promote the advancement of science and the useful arts, the constitutionally-prescribed goal of copyright and patent laws…

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64325 eee_eff Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:23:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64325 <p>"But the question I have raised here is why someone with your impressive academic credentials would choose to adopt such a deliberately hostile tone and use so much vitriolic rhetoric when that is exactly what you castigate your opponents for!"<br><br><br>I really don't sense any "vitriol" at all in Patry's book, and think you have mis-characterized the tone of the book, which is every bit as bad as if you mis-represented the facts in his book. Having been at the quite frequent end of vitriolic attacks by Adam several times (see link below for one of Adam's gems) I find it ironic that he complains of "vitriol" in others arguments. It is clear that any call for regulation or lessening of "IP" rights of large corporations is instantly mischaracterized by tlf-libertarians as a frontal assault on capitalism itself.<br><br>I have noticed a decliine in tlf readership, I hope that my criticism has had something to do with that btw. It would be interesting for once to have someone from tlf to attempt a substantive reply to my arguments.<br><br><a href="http://techliberation.com/2008/05/12/new-yorks-ambitious-sales-tax-law-broader-than-amazon-and-the-internet/" rel="nofollow">http://techliberation.com/2008/05/12/new-yorks-...</a></p> “But the question I have raised here is why someone with your impressive academic credentials would choose to adopt such a deliberately hostile tone and use so much vitriolic rhetoric when that is exactly what you castigate your opponents for!”


I really don't sense any “vitriol” at all in Patry's book, and think you have mis-characterized the tone of the book, which is every bit as bad as if you mis-represented the facts in his book. Having been at the quite frequent end of vitriolic attacks by Adam several times (see link below for one of Adam's gems) I find it ironic that he complains of “vitriol” in others arguments. It is clear that any call for regulation or lessening of “IP” rights of large corporations is instantly mischaracterized by tlf-libertarians as a frontal assault on capitalism itself.

I have noticed a decliine in tlf readership, I hope that my criticism has had something to do with that btw. It would be interesting for once to have someone from tlf to attempt a substantive reply to my arguments.

http://techliberation.com/2008/05/12/new-yorks-…

]]> By: What Kind Of Books Did Your Parents Have When You Were A Child? | Largestore Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64320 What Kind Of Books Did Your Parents Have When You Were A Child? | Largestore Blog Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:14:39 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64320 <p>[...] The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology … [...]</p> [...] The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology … [...]

]]> By: Los mejores libros del 2009 http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64286 Los mejores libros del 2009 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:44:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64286 <p>[...] Convertido en un clásico de Blawyer reproducimos la selección que Thierer hace para este año (The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009). Lamentablemente sólo he podido encontrar uno de ellos en línea y otro traducido al español. [...]</p> [...] Convertido en un clásico de Blawyer reproducimos la selección que Thierer hace para este año (The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009). Lamentablemente sólo he podido encontrar uno de ellos en línea y otro traducido al español. [...]

]]> By: How to Make Money Online Using YouTube! YouTube Marketing | eMoney Insights http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64233 How to Make Money Online Using YouTube! YouTube Marketing | eMoney Insights Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:31:57 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64233 <p>[...] The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology … [...]</p> [...] The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology … [...]

]]> By: Adam Thierer http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64227 Adam Thierer Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:58:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64227 <p>Mr. Patry… My review above was of your recent book and not your previous scholarship, some of which I have read. But I’ve read enough of it to know you do not adopt a similar tone in your earlier work – perhaps by choice, perhaps because an editor excised it. I have no way of knowing. <br><br>What I do know, however, is that you chose a very different tone and approach in your current book and I found that to be quite unfortunate. It is certainly true that I find much to disagree with on the substance of the issues. But the question I have raised here is why someone with your impressive academic credentials would choose to adopt such a deliberately hostile tone and use so much vitriolic rhetoric when that is exactly what you castigate your opponents for! To restate what I said above, I cannot only guess that you believe that two wrongs make a right. Have copyright defenders occasionally used overheated rhetoric in their work and advocacy. Yes, some absolutely have. And I have called them out for it, just as I am calling out you here for doing the opposite.<br> <br>I understand you are taken aback by me calling you out in this fashion as well as my characterization of it as juvenile, but I invite others to take a look at your book and determine it I have mischaracterized it here. After all, I have pulled several things directly from the text that you wrote, sir. <br><br>If one sits down to write a book on the “misuse of language,” he should be prepared for heightened scrutiny about the tone and approach he decides to use.<br><br>Finally, as for you supposed not being suspicious of capitalism, I will again just invite the reader to peruse Chapter 5 of the text and judge for themselves.</p> Mr. Patry… My review above was of your recent book and not your previous scholarship, some of which I have read. But I’ve read enough of it to know you do not adopt a similar tone in your earlier work – perhaps by choice, perhaps because an editor excised it. I have no way of knowing.

What I do know, however, is that you chose a very different tone and approach in your current book and I found that to be quite unfortunate. It is certainly true that I find much to disagree with on the substance of the issues. But the question I have raised here is why someone with your impressive academic credentials would choose to adopt such a deliberately hostile tone and use so much vitriolic rhetoric when that is exactly what you castigate your opponents for! To restate what I said above, I cannot only guess that you believe that two wrongs make a right. Have copyright defenders occasionally used overheated rhetoric in their work and advocacy. Yes, some absolutely have. And I have called them out for it, just as I am calling out you here for doing the opposite.

I understand you are taken aback by me calling you out in this fashion as well as my characterization of it as juvenile, but I invite others to take a look at your book and determine it I have mischaracterized it here. After all, I have pulled several things directly from the text that you wrote, sir.

If one sits down to write a book on the “misuse of language,” he should be prepared for heightened scrutiny about the tone and approach he decides to use.

Finally, as for you supposed not being suspicious of capitalism, I will again just invite the reader to peruse Chapter 5 of the text and judge for themselves.

]]> By: Berin Szoka http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64225 Berin Szoka Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:23:38 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64225 <p>So, what exactly did you mean when you wrote, in your book: “I cannot think of a single significant innovation in neither the creation or distribution of works of authorship that owes its origins to the copyright industries?"</p> So, what exactly did you mean when you wrote, in your book: “I cannot think of a single significant innovation in neither the creation or distribution of works of authorship that owes its origins to the copyright industries?”

]]> By: William Patry http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64223 William Patry Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:00:15 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64223 <p>Dear Mr. Thierer, I am neither angry nor a hater of copyright, and it is you who should be ashamed, for making such a false claim. I have devoted 27 years to the careful study of copyright, and had you read anything I have written -- and I have written more on copyright than anyone in any language in history -- you would find that I have plenty of wonderful things to say about the role copyright law has played and can continue to play. In my 7 years in the legislative branch I participate in many landmark pieces of legislation, almost all of which resulted in an expansion of copyright rights. Can't explain that by your cheap, personal attacks can you? Nor am I deeply suspicious of capitalism. You simply disagree with my views, so why not be honest that that is all that is going on? I believe copyright can be effective, but I want it to be effective in fact. Its not now, and even pro-copyright academics like Jane Ginsburg agree "copyright got itself a bad name." You do too from such sleazy reviews.</p> Dear Mr. Thierer, I am neither angry nor a hater of copyright, and it is you who should be ashamed, for making such a false claim. I have devoted 27 years to the careful study of copyright, and had you read anything I have written — and I have written more on copyright than anyone in any language in history — you would find that I have plenty of wonderful things to say about the role copyright law has played and can continue to play. In my 7 years in the legislative branch I participate in many landmark pieces of legislation, almost all of which resulted in an expansion of copyright rights. Can't explain that by your cheap, personal attacks can you? Nor am I deeply suspicious of capitalism. You simply disagree with my views, so why not be honest that that is all that is going on? I believe copyright can be effective, but I want it to be effective in fact. Its not now, and even pro-copyright academics like Jane Ginsburg agree “copyright got itself a bad name.” You do too from such sleazy reviews.

]]> By: The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology … | BLOGSKID http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64215 The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology … | BLOGSKID Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:55:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64215 <p>[...] The flooded news crapper be read/found on here [...]</p> [...] The flooded news crapper be read/found on here [...]

]]> By: Social Studies http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64206 Social Studies Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:33:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23247#comment-64206 <p>[...] The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology … [...]</p> [...] The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology … [...]

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