Patry Copyright Blog Closed 129
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "William Patry, noted copyright expert and Google's top copyright lawyer, has decided to close his personal blog. (For no reason that he has explained, the archives are gone too.) Ordinarily, that wouldn't be very newsworthy, but that little blog has made a lot of news, outing the ACTA treaty and discussing lots of other important pending legislation. Mr. Patry gives two reasons for the closure: his personal views were being attributed to Google, and the current trends in copyright law are too depressing. Though I am not the only one to have done so, as someone who has contributed to that misunderstanding by listing his credentials without a disclaimer, I would like to publicly apologize to him. Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do to reverse the depressing trends in copyright law that I'm not doing already."
Re:Self-censorship? (Score:5, Funny)
That's it - I've had enough! (Score:3, Funny)
I'm sorry it had to come to this. And to all my readers: I WONT be back.
Backwards and upside-down (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Self-censorship? (Score:4, Funny)
As a European who has seen Fox News I think Liberal means believing Stalin was The MAN! and Conservative means being persecuted for driving.
*shrugs*
Sounds like... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Backwards and upside-down (Score:3, Funny)
It's sort of like the drains going the opposite way and Summer being cold, right?
I just had a mental image of a bunch of republicans holding hands and dancing in circles.
Re:Backwards and upside-down (Score:4, Funny)
I always picture them doing that anyway. In the backrooms of the Whitehouse. At midnight. In Robes. Around a pentagram.
You mean they don't?
Re:Self-censorship? (Score:1, Funny)
USians look like pink elephants in multi-coloured spandex wrap.
Re:Backwards and upside-down (Score:4, Funny)
You have that back to front.
Duh. He said he was in Australia!
/ducks
Re:Self-censorship? (Score:3, Funny)
I see adjective and noun... but no verb form.
"Why don't you just liberal yourself man!"
"I was walking down the hallway and all of a sudden I liberalled right in front of her. I've never been so embarrassed!"
"I liberal; therefore I am."
??