Category Archives: Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc.

What Sam Heldman Doesn't Understand

Sam Heldman says he favored the Supreme Court’s decision in Eldred because the movie Shrek’s “soundtrack included John Cale’s version of Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah”: I think it’s great and even important that Leonard Cohen get a lot of money … Continue reading

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Calvin & Hobbes, Superman, and Copyright

Below Brad Delong’s blog entry about Larry Lessig, if you scroll past the speech, there are reader comments. Here’s one from Jim Glass that, for obvious reasons, caught my interest: Say that without copyright you came up with a great, … Continue reading

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