<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2002/08/15/lessig.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2002/08/15/lessig.htm...</a>
<a href="http://wiki.lessig.org/index.php/Against_perpetual_copyright" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.lessig.org/index.php/Against_perpetual_copyright</a><p>I'd recommend reading Lessig's stuff, if you'd want to find out more.  I've listened to his lectures and read his stuff, but not well enough to give an argument here on his behalf.