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Thursday, February 19, 2004
Joyce vs. JoyceThis infuriating story about the Joyce Estate's threats to sue anyone caught reading from Ulysses on Bloomsday is a perfect example of how good copyright goes bad after, oh, say, 70 years and a diligent, self-interested Mickey-Mouse lobby. My only consolation is the lively comments section at the bottom. Example: "Maybe the Greek government should sue the Joycean estate for a share of the royalties from sales of Ulysses, on behalf of the Homeric estate, seeing as how Joyce borrowed so liberally from the Odyssey."
A Homeric estate! I love that.
And: "Wait -- when the EU extended copyright terms, they made it *retroactive*, taking things that had been in the public domain for up to *20 years* back into private hands? Whose idea was that happy horseshit?"
Via Larry Lessig, who loathes the idea of a Ralph Nader candidacy as much as you or me.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
10:08 PM
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