In March this year William Patry presented at the Society for Computers and Law
William Patry went on to surprise many by his emphatic rejection of an approach to copyright which classified it as property. He sees it as a creature of a government programme, and believes that that should bring with it an approach akin to that applied to government housing or educational initiatives. In fact, the copyright debate is dominated by references to moral cases and what is right and just, with scant account taken of the public interest or economic realities.
This is a very refreshing view of where copyright should be from one of the most important copyright figures in law today. Recently I ordered his book Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars which I hope (and believe) is as good as its hype so worth reading. You may want to check out William Patry’s blog.