I[ntellectual] P[roperty] law does not need rewriting. In fact, culture
could be enhanced by running further with the the 'publishing' analogy
for the Net and Web: Some of us are trying to build an Internet
Library and an Internet Archive to put some organization and permanence
into this currently transient medium. If all is licensed, then we
cannot necessarily keep what was published before and accountability
goes away. Libraries and archives have been people's approach before,
let's not make them illegal in this new world.
--Brewster Kahle, Atlantic Unbound
"Post & Ripost" 9/17/98
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