copyright law was written with a particular form of industry in mind. the flourishing of information technology gives amateurs and home-recording artists powerful tools to build and share interesting, transformative, and socially valuable art drawn from pieces of popular culture. there's no place to plug such an important cultural sea change into the current legal regime.
- jonathan zittrain, "defiant downloads rise from underground," interview by bill werde, new york times february 25, 2004
posted February 24, 2004 in music. 2005