Our reader[s] who care[s] about these things may want to check out Larry Lessig's blog, much of which deals with the intersection of law and cyberspace. Here's part of a recent post:

So there's this amazing site (for opera fans at least) called MetManiac, which before the lawyers found it, collected lists of Met opera performances from the beginning of the Met. Non-commercial, pure hobby, an extraordinary historical resource, this was the passion of a fan. If you follow the link, though, you'll see the Met lawyers have demanded the site be shut down....



Can anyone explain what sense it makes that this fan site, which collects historical facts about an important part of our culture, can be banned? I know the lawyers say "the law makes us do it" -- that trademark law, etc., requires that they police the way other people use their name. But what possible sense does such a law make[?] And at a time when opera around the world is struggling for resources to build an audience, what possible sense does it make to begin to attack your fans?

Lessig notes that the page is still available here.



If you're outraged by the incident Lessig describes, check out "The Freedom of Imagination: Copyright's Constitutionality," by Jed Rubenfeld, in The Yale Law Journal.

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