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Re: Sunday, August 18, 2002
Perhaps, but clearly not enough to make an informed opinion on Lessig's basic position on copyright. And not that it's relevant if he reads you or not, but Lessig is not trying to get Dave Winer to act, he is trying to get ALL developers, open source and commercial developers, to act. As an IP worker bee, I see the doors closing every day. Legal precedent is being built and the bricks in the wall are going up. I know you have faith in "the people", Dave, but "the people" aren't paying attention. By the time "the people" figure it out, it will be too late. Also, the courts are not going to declare the vast majority of these laws unconstitutional. I don't know if you're keeping score at home, but the current laws are holding up awfully well in courts across the US. Lessig is urging, begging, pleading with developers of all stripes to do something politically because legally, developers are getting creamed. P.S. Lessig is 40. He has seen civil disobedience up close. Indeed, he helped write some constitutions in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. Again, all of this is in his writings.
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