I know we've all been thinking a lot about copyright and its changing meaning in relation to digital texts. I think most of us have been thinking about it in terms of readers versus content providers, where readers' rights and relationship to the text are being diminished as content providers exert increasing control over the words of others.
Cory Doctorow provides an interesting fleshing-out of this struggle from an author's point of view in Doctorow's First Law.
In anticipation of the release of his new book, Doctorow has sought out publishers and content providers who will support his effort to release his work DRM-free. This is his second attempt, and after the frustrations of his first attempt, he came up with Doctorow's First Law: "Any time someone puts a lock on something that belongs to you, and won't give you a key, they're not doing it for your benefit."
Read his post to find out what happened the second time around, and to get details on the ruling a few weeks ago that made exceptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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