Friday, January 24, 2003

Copyrights - A radical rethink
Starting from scratch today, no rational, disinterested lawmaker would agree to copyrights that extend to 70 years after an author's death, now the norm in the developed world.

Wednesday, January 22, 2003

The Digital Rights Future The upheaval in the method of music delivery has raised again the perennial question of rights: Who owns what and who will pay whom?

Exile and the Kingdoms - Iraq's neighbors want Saddam to flee. Should we? The Kissinger principle—the greater the crime the greater the immunity—would be a shabby reward to those who have borne the heat and burden of the day.