Sharing and Stealing
In "Sharing and Stealing," a copyright paper now in draft for comment, Wayne State law professor Jessica Litman favors a more efficient way of compensating musicians. Litman, author of Digital Copyright and one of the country's most respected authorities on digital intellectual property, compares the vibrancy of fact-exchange on the Net (facts per se aren't copyright-protectable) with the barriers inhibiting mass enjoyment of digital music (protected). More at TeleRead.