The Internet unleashed unprecedented collaboration and sharing! But...
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...Copyright law is designed to restrict sharing.
In 1998, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) extended copyright by 20 years!
CTEA?! More like the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act"!
Eric Aldred (pictured above with James Boyle) and Lawrence Lessig fought back challenging the constitutionality of CTEA, bringing their case all the way to the US Supreme Court.
They lost
Eric Aldred (pictured above with James Boyle) and Lawrence Lessig fought back challenging the constitutionality of CTEA, bringing their case all the way to the US Supreme Court.
Rising like a Phoenix from the ashes, Lessig and others were inspired to create a non profit organization - Creative Commons!
In the fight to harness the sharing potential of the internet, they created unique weapons designed to create rather than destroy - THE CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES.
