Z:gnu-www-ja-freedom-or-copyright-old--cdda81-Why is there so little public/en

Why is there so little public debate about these momentous changes? Most citizens have not yet had occasion to come to grips with the political issues raised by this futuristic technology. Besides, the public has been taught that copyright exists to &ldquo;protect&rdquo; the copyright holders, with the implication that the public's interests do not count. (The biased term &ldquo; intellectual property&rdquo; also promotes that view; in addition, it encourages the mistake of trying to treat several laws that are almost totally different&mdash;such as copyright law and patent law&mdash;as if they were a single issue.)