Z:gnu-www-ja-misinterpreting-copyright--339d87-I am a software designer, not/en

I am a software designer, not a legal scholar. I've become concerned with copyright issues because there's no avoiding them in the world of computer networks, such as the Internet. As a user of computers and networks for 30 years, I value the freedoms that we have lost, and the ones we may lose next. As an author, I can reject the romantic mystique of the author as semidivine creator, often cited by publishers to justify increased copyright powers for authors&mdash;powers which these authors will then sign away to publishers.