Monthly Archives: October 2008

Copyright Gone Wrong

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At the beginning of this year, the head of the European Commission’s Internal Market and Services Directorate General Charlie McCreevy announced his plan to extend copyright terms for performers and phonogram producers from 50 years today to 95 years (1). The Commission advances the argument … Read More

The Freedom to Digitalize Revolutionary Powers

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In On Liberty (1859), philosopher John Stuart Mill reflects on the potential coercion that could result from democracy and more especially from what Alexi De Tocqueville called the “tyranny of the majority”. In this work, Mill formulates a very convincing plea in favor of free … Read More