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Posted on 17/05/08

Who needs copyright, anyway?

Canada is locked in an epic and bloody war over copyright, or so we're led to believe. Corporations, consumers and artists fight over new technologies and the content they deliver. I used to believe in this war myself, even fancied myself a bit of a warrior. But recently, the noise of battle has begun to sound more and more inconsequential, like an argument over directions between two people without a map. In fact, there is no great copyright crisis in our culture. The panic is false.

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