Blogger preaches Internet download freedoms: Efforts to fight copying on the Internet were criticized in a presentation Thursday by blogger and author Cory Doctorow, a frequent critic of copyright regulations. [...]
"We are in a state of giant social anxiety over copying," he said. But it is never going to get harder to copy material, only easier, Doctorow stressed. [...]
"The fact is, copyright is technology regulation, and that means by definition it’s out of step with reality because the technology changes faster than the law does," Doctorow said.
"It is important to find ways to reward rights holders for doing good stuff but that can't be to say that every act of copying requires a license," Doctorow said.
