Saturday, July 10, 2010

Free Mickey


Nothing new, but realized that I never posted this....
Lawrence Lessing, who is a hero of mine, made this presentation about copyrights. It's about how our copyright laws have changed since the birth of the country, and how this change has affected our culture.

A presentation given by Stanford Law professor and founder of Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig, about his book "Free Culture".
OSCON July 24, 2002


Very worth the time to watch.

Also a very good example of how to do a good presentation, not a death by powerpoint presentation.

Update: Jan 2018: ArsTechnia notes Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won’t happen again.

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