The digital world confronts old ownership models

I read this article on Techcrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/26/lessig-calls-google-book-settlement-a-path-to-insanity/ about a view on the Google Book project.  The author, Lawrence Lessig, criticizes the Google Book project settlement on concerns over how this might change copyright law.  He’s concerned with if books are treated in parts – instead of in totality – it will make future usability very difficult.

I agree that this digital world has seriously challenged the role of intellectual property in our society.  The power of technology has changed our ability to use “intellectual” property in new ways – to make it much easier to store, use, copy, share, etc. what is someone else’s work. Read more »