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rivkat ([personal profile] rivkat) wrote2010-08-25 04:28 pm
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Who remembers the name of that science fiction story where, in the future, total database access makes it possible to show that new art is never "new"--you're always composing/drawing/etc. something that's been created before?  And the dreams of artists are crushed by (a rather weird interpretation of) copyright law?

ETA: Found, in minutes.  You all are the best!
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[personal profile] murklins 2010-08-25 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson? http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants.html
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[personal profile] rivkat 2010-08-25 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I knew I could rely on you guys!
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[personal profile] zvi 2010-08-25 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson, maybe?
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[personal profile] rivkat 2010-08-25 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I knew you guys knew everything!
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[personal profile] from 2010-08-25 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Interesting. Thanks!
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[personal profile] lapillus 2010-08-26 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, how cool to see it online! I think it was probably the first discussion of the potential quelling effects of IP I ever saw.

And I link I meant to send you last week: http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Mises-Economics-Blog/2010/0822/Intellectual-property-rights-and-trout
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[personal profile] rivkat 2010-08-26 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the link!
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