23.04.2013 - 16:30 [ techdirt ]

The Copyright Lobotomy: How Intellectual Property Makes Us Pretend To Be Stupid

ere are two words that have no business hanging out together: „used MP3s.“ If you know anything about how computers work, that concept is intellectually offensive. Same goes for „ebook lending“, „digital rental“ and a host of other terms that have emerged from the content industries‘ desperate scramble to do the impossible: adapt without changing.