An interesting read but doesnt live up to the bold sounding title
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080430-five-copyright-myths-and-the-countries-that-love-them.htmlLaw professor Michael Geist, one of the leading Canadian authorities on copyright, gave a talk this week to the Public Policy Forum in which he tackled five major copyright myths. All take aim at the idea that Canada needs a major new set of IP protections to "keep up" with the rest of world. In Geist's view, this isn't just wrong but completely bass-ackwards; Canada in many ways needs a more flexible IP regime to bolster innovation in the new century. While the myths he addresses focus on Canada, they are arguments trotted out by certain content owners (by no means all of them) in jurisdictions around the world, and it's worth taking a look at what's wrong with the ideas they embody.
The rest of the article outlines the various aspects under discussion, they where for my taste sort of off the ball and not up to the usual Professor Geists high standards, non the less I,m sure its not easy to create a topic that encompasses all our many nations and stay relevant in most cases as he seems to have done here.
