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bulldog 11/25/2008 05:57 PM Report
Lessing forgets that a writer's work is his/hers. The government has no right to limit the writer's ownership by sentimental notions of universal sharing.
The only ones who benefit from limited copyright status are theater/movie producers or anyone else who can forfeit the obligation to pay the rightful owners/creators.
The government/courts see a writer as a manufacturer no different than any other business, e.g., playwrights can't unionize; yet, when copyright status expires so does ownership -- as if the work has reached a mystical maturity to be shared willy-nilly.
A writer's work is his or hers in perpetuity (we never change the name of Hemingway as the writer of his work, nor should we change ownership unless the estate decides that.)
Anyone who disagrees may of course do so. But keep your hands off what's not yours.
Betsy 11/23/2008 07:02 PM Report
It seems to me that what Mr. Lessig is essentially talking about is relationship, human relationships. If the "next big idea" is to ever be successful, it must be based on an even bigger idea, that of right relationships between people, between the creative and commercial groups, and in the sense of empowering people and reviving American ideals, between Americans and those in the rest of the world. In fact, it might be said that that same right relationship must come to be the norm in all the world. We are not Americans, French, Italian, Columbian etc. We are human beings, humanity. We are one group. This Oneness is our great strength, which is yet to be brought to bear on our self-created problems. The transformation we seek is that of our awareness of who we are!
A spiritual Teacher, whose stature is that of the Buddha, the Christ, the teacher awaited by all traditions, stands at the door to our public consciousness. His teaching is based on the concept of humanity as One diverse yet spiritually one group. He is waiting for humanity to be ready to listen to his call for sharing as the basis for our new civilization. Sharing, he says, is the only way forward for mankind; all else has been tried and failed. If we don't learn to share Earth's resources so that all may have the basic necessities of life, we will destroy ourselves.
Without sharing, there can be no justice; without justice, there can be no peace; without peace, there will be no future. Fortunately, this Teacher, Maitreya, is soon to give the first in a series of tv interviews on a major show in the US. He won't say who he is, but can be known by the quality of his ideas and his call for sharing, justice, and love. When that is about to happen, a huge star will be seen in the sky as a sign of what will be the beginning of a new life for all people. Background information is available in the books of Benjamin Creme, and online at http://www.share-international.org. One of the books, "The Awakening of Humanity" is available online at that site. This is really big!