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Piracy fears over net generation

Net freedom fighter Lawrence Lessig has called for an end to what he described as "extremism" in copyright laws. the "age of prohibition" could turn "kids into pirates". a war was being fought with law and technology to eliminate piracy, likened to using "DDT to kill a gnat". "These tools are designed to kill piracy but also kill the read-write culture," he said, adding the would "force creativity underground".

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