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Scalzi tries to find a constructive response to Amazon vs. McMillan

Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 23:16 by Richard Adler

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http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/02/02/a-call-for-author-support/

One response to this from fans of these affected writers is to boycott Amazon. But you know what, I think that’s putting the focus where it shouldn’t be. This crux of this matter is a negotiation between two corporate entities, and that’s something a boycott just isn’t going to matter to, or solve in any meaningful way. And in the case of the authors involved, it’s not going to help them make sales.

Warner goes DMCA on.....Lawrence Lessig? Really?

Posted Thu, 04/30/2009 - 06:57 by Richard Adler

url:

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090428/1738424686.shtml

Sure enough, they did. Warner demanded YouTube take down one of Lessig's presentations.

As Mike Masnick of Techdirt put it, "If there were anyone out there to whom you would not want to send a random takedown notice for an online video, it would probably be Larry Lessig."

The mood on the net seems to be various flavors of gleeful, especially after Lessig said--not surprisingly--that this takedown order is most definitely going to get a fight.