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"We are in the midst of a cultural war over copyright, in which the salvos show the complete disconnect between the colliding copyright regimes of statute and practicality, law and life." This overview article surveys a wide range of issues and contains numerous examples of the misapplication of copyright law. It recommends a reconsideration of the law, noting that "we do ourselves a fundamental disservice by fixating on current income structures and not thinking about future possibilities premised on amazing technological advances." Quite right.

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