'The Future of Ideas': Protecting the Old With Copyright Law

'The Future of Ideas': Protecting the Old With Copyright Law
The New York Times meets Lawrence Lessig. This review of 'The Future of Ideas' is a bit less than kind, characterizing Lessig as an idealist and his book as a manifesto, or, more accurately, what would be a manifesto if only it were "short, rousing and to the point." While the reviewer seems to admit that Lessig has a point - that copyright lawyers are stifling innovation and creativity on the internet - he seems to feel that the book misses its mark. More...