More Musings on Copyright Law

Sparked by the upcoming deal between the mostly-public Smithsonian and corporate Showtime, Dmitri Siegel has a very interesting article on Design Observer that touches on copyright issues, intellectual property and the public doman, and a brief history of sampling in hip-hop, all wrapped up into one (trivia: Public Enemy's Chuck D has a degree in graphic design!). "It is disconcerting to realize that creative pursuits like music, filmmaking and graphic design are shaped to some degree by unromantic things like copyright law." Be sure to read the comments for some extra resource listings.