Re: "this" side of the atlantic VS "the other" side of the atlantic.
Since a lot of the work is done all over the globe... What holds the U.S. back are things like the DMCA and the broken patent system. Makes me sad, especially some of the naughty attempts to have that in the EU (lobbyists from guess where?)
Throw those out no more complaints of mp3's not playing and encrypted DVDs not playing. The software required to do so is GPL'd... but risky to distribute state side.
The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part. -- Richard Stallman
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