Updated, 4 25 p.m. | A popular New York-based chain of yoga studios accused by Bikram Yoga of copyright infringement has decided to let go, despite a Copyright Office ruling that supported its position.
But he also told listeners: "It's tricky to argue for the innate value of copyright from a position of good fortune, as I do.
Copyright law is positioned as archaic and outdated.
Even as Senator John McCain unveiled his economic plan last week, he also introduced a new position on copyright law.
Baldwin points this out — although, like everyone who takes a position on copyright, he also thinks that his is the philosophically defensible one.
Mr. Clarke, putting into practice a view expressed by many in the free-software movement, takes the more extreme position that copyright protection is simply obsolete in the Internet era.
This Labor government has abdicated its role as a representative of the People and their position on Copyright is yet another glaring example of their conflicted, misguided policies.
The opinion advanced the position that copyright law should serve the public interest by promoting the creation of new educational and useful works, rather than focusing on publishing rights.
The law will set France apart from many Western countries, especially the United States, in its positions on copyright law, digital copying and piracy, several critics said.
"Follow the money," Levine told me, when he came into our New York City studio last week to talk about Free Ride, and you'll find Google bankrolling organizations like Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society and The Stanford Center for Internet and Society which pursue extremely permissive positions on copyright reform.
