Ernest Miller has been following the new INDUCE Act over at his Corante blog The Importance of... closely recently (see also: Copyfight, Shoot people but don't share files with them).
Interestingly (and unfortunately), I've found that the troubling IP trends, and IP issues in general is often given very little consideration by my artistic peers. Throughout my first person encounters with otherwise bright and creative individuals, I've primarily encountered extremely naive or misguided, underdeveloped, and unconcerned attitudes towards the concepts, origins, and implications of both intellectual property and IP policy.
Granted, it's slightly abstract, but when your livelihood (and these days, your very freedoms) are so deeply intertwined and dependent upon the subject matter...
Maybe as a species/culture/society we just aren't up the level of criticality and discourse required. At the crossroads of technology, creativity, and freedom, however, we collectively sit on the knife's edge all the same.
Posted by leonard at June 24, 2004 08:07 PM