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The radical copyright critique of Piratbyran

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Michel Bauwens
3rd July 2006


The following is a really interesting text presenting the most radical critique of copyright, namely that it is totally inappropriate to use legislation intended for write-only media, in the digital read/write realm. I really recommend reading it in full here.

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