http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/04/free-speech-copyright-and-fair-use-we-can-express-ourselves-any-way-we-want-even-in-ways-that-steal-your-own-forms-of-expression-unless-theres-a-good-reason-to-stop-us/ The ways law rules creative endeavors and the ways law itself is a creative endeavor Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:08:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/04/free-speech-copyright-and-fair-use-we-can-express-ourselves-any-way-we-want-even-in-ways-that-steal-your-own-forms-of-expression-unless-theres-a-good-reason-to-stop-us/comment-page-1/#comment-4620 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » Would Shakespeare have survived the Internet? Scott Turow and the morality of propertizing creativity. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:39:22 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1932#comment-4620 [...] he represents is that your creations are as much your property as your car or your computer. But “intellectual property” is not property in the same way as personal or real property. The very source of our nation’s copyright laws, the Constitution’s Copyright Clause, [...] [...] he represents is that your creations are as much your property as your car or your computer. But “intellectual property” is not property in the same way as personal or real property. The very source of our nation’s copyright laws, the Constitution’s Copyright Clause, [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/04/free-speech-copyright-and-fair-use-we-can-express-ourselves-any-way-we-want-even-in-ways-that-steal-your-own-forms-of-expression-unless-theres-a-good-reason-to-stop-us/comment-page-1/#comment-4531 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » There’s no such thing as a free sample? That’s ridiculous. Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:07:48 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1932#comment-4531 [...] just as easily characterize fair use in this way: Under the First Amendment to the Constitution, we can express ourselves any way we want, even in ways that “steal” your own forms of expression.... In short, copyright is an exception to the foundational right to free [...] [...] just as easily characterize fair use in this way: Under the First Amendment to the Constitution, we can express ourselves any way we want, even in ways that “steal” your own forms of expression…. In short, copyright is an exception to the foundational right to free [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/04/free-speech-copyright-and-fair-use-we-can-express-ourselves-any-way-we-want-even-in-ways-that-steal-your-own-forms-of-expression-unless-theres-a-good-reason-to-stop-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2429 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » Is peer-to-peer music downloading fair use? I doubt it. Tue, 19 May 2009 17:13:07 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1932#comment-2429 [...] in the absence of proof of actual economic harm. If that is the basis of his argument for fair use, at least it makes some sense (even if it seems unlikely to [...] [...] in the absence of proof of actual economic harm. If that is the basis of his argument for fair use, at least it makes some sense (even if it seems unlikely to [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/04/free-speech-copyright-and-fair-use-we-can-express-ourselves-any-way-we-want-even-in-ways-that-steal-your-own-forms-of-expression-unless-theres-a-good-reason-to-stop-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2369 Steve R. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:08:02 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1932#comment-2369 An aspect of copyright that has not been adequately discussed is that those who assert copyright are consistently pushing for an expansion of copyright. Those who believe that copyright law has become too onerous, need to take the offensive by pointing out the ever increasing "land grab" of those who advocate a strong copyright. It is seldom mentioned that the copyright holders as actually "stealing" from the consumer when they diminish the consumers property right to the enjoyment of the content. An aspect of copyright that has not been adequately discussed is that those who assert copyright are consistently pushing for an expansion of copyright. Those who believe that copyright law has become too onerous, need to take the offensive by pointing out the ever increasing “land grab” of those who advocate a strong copyright. It is seldom mentioned that the copyright holders as actually “stealing” from the consumer when they diminish the consumers property right to the enjoyment of the content.

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/04/free-speech-copyright-and-fair-use-we-can-express-ourselves-any-way-we-want-even-in-ways-that-steal-your-own-forms-of-expression-unless-theres-a-good-reason-to-stop-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2368 Copyright And The First Amendment | Tech News Direct Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:22:58 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1932#comment-2368 [...] note that parts of copyright law were unconstitutional due to the First Amendment. Law professor Peter Friedman points us to the latest of many recent treatises on the subject, by Christina Bohannan, entitled [...] [...] note that parts of copyright law were unconstitutional due to the First Amendment. Law professor Peter Friedman points us to the latest of many recent treatises on the subject, by Christina Bohannan, entitled [...]

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