Finishing up...

Well, this semester is almost over and I hope I did ok. I just completed my final essay for LIS 2000 on copyright. The books by Lessig and Litman were very informative though I cannot say that I have much more of an understanidng of copyright law than I did before. In fact, I may be more confused. I canot give any concrete examples (this is all off the top of my head) but I am amazaed at the complexity and detail that lawyers create in order to keep the copyright issue alive. I like Lessig's idea that we need to take the warlike language out of the debate and not treat borrowers of content like criminals. This inhibits creativity and leasds to a more stratified society.