Did you hear the joke about the comedian and copyright law? (txt)
"The authors interviewed 19 working comedians in detail, and they came away with an understanding that creators don't necessarily need formal legal protection to encourage them to create. But when they get protection, even an informal kind, creativity changes in interesting ways."

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/did-you-hear-the-joke-about-the-comedian-and-copyright-law.ars

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