Wednesday, June 06, 2007

"21st century I.P. madness"

Tim Cavanaugh, web editor of The Los Angeles Times' editorial page, had an opinion piece yesterday on Carol Shloss's lawsuit against the Joyce estate (which I posted about, most recently, here). He says the case "sheds light on an ironic, and maybe inevitable, trend in intellectual property: As copyright becomes harder to defend, many copyright holders are becoming less realistic about the limitations of their ownership."