An open letter replies to Doctorow’s recent essay “Big Entertainment Wants to Party Like It’s 1996″, agreeing with many points but disputing the optimism.

Copyright laws hurt both artists and consumers. Recording companies and profiteers take money when they themselves do nothing to make the material they sell. This is a list of just a few of the things we can’t do because of the copyright legislation they’ve pushed into law.

“The primary objective of film censorship is to protect children from the damaging effects of horrific, sexual or violent images and ideas.” How would you challenge this position? Make close reference to one or two different films studied on the course.