"Digital environmentalism" — a new term (for me at least) and an interesting book review

Donna Wentworth posted a link to the book review Righting Copyright: Fair Use and "Digital Environmentalism" by Robert S. Boynton, published by Bookforum. The book review highlights four books on improving the balance in U.S. copyright law between exclusive rights and the public domain.

The review surveys the social and legal context, identifies the problems the books' authors try to address, and tries to explain (in relatively small space) why they are problems. It's a good survey, and from it I can tell that I will need to add some books to my reading list.

The term "digital environmentalism" was new to me, but seems very useful. Rather than explain it clumsily here, I simply refer you to Boynton's articulate introduction to the topic (it's in his 14th paragraph by my count, if you want to try to skip straight to it).