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Old 11-12-2011, 11:29 AM   #1
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Misleading Metaphors That Drive The War On Online Sharing
I know I'm going to be sorry, but here's an interesting article from Techdirt on copyright and it's legal metaphors:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...medium=twitter

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What is it about copyright that doesn't work in the digital society? Why do millions of people think it's OK to break the law when it comes to file sharing in particular? Sociology of law researcher Stefan Larsson from Lund University believes that legal metaphors and old-fashioned mindsets contribute to the confusion and widening gaps between legislation and the prevailing norms.

Our language is made up of metaphors, even in our legal texts. Stefan Larsson has studied what consequences this has when digital phenomena, such as file sharing and downloading, are limited by descriptions intended for an analogue world.
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