Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig

Author:Lawrence Lessig [Lessig, Lawrence]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: The Penguin Press, New York
Published: 2004-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Derivative works were now regulated by copyright law—if published, which again, given the economics of publishing at the time, means if offered commercially. But noncommercial publishing and transformation were still essentially free.

In 1909 the law changed to regulate copies, not publishing, and after this change, the scope of the law was tied to technology. As the technology of copying became more prevalent, the reach of the law expanded. Thus by 1975, as photocopying machines became more common, we could say the law began to look like this:

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