Copyright Communists and the Commons

Another of the Forbes rich listers is spamming copyright offices around the world:

Bill Gates is an intelligent man who has done a great deal of good in the world. So when he gets caught out in a bare-faced lie this should matter to all of us; and last week, when he called the opponents of American intellectual property law a "communist" movement he was encouraging a mistake that could impoverish the entire world.

Read more on the war against copyright communists.  Also check out Creative Commons who is leading the movement of sharing creativity with their ‘some rights reserved’ copyrights and encouragement of things like the up and coming music sampling commons, Mixter.

Yahoo! has even put out a beta Creative Commons search engine, so tally up on how easy home recording is these days and if you’re feeling entrepreneurial, turn your Mac Mini into a recording studio and, to Gates’ spite, head for the communes.