Why isn’t Larry Lessig a hero to humanities professors the way he is to boingboing readers? It seems to me odd, not because overextended copyright is the most pressing issue in 2005 but because it seems like a social/cultural/political/economic issue that recommends itself as well suited to be taken up by academics - starting with the fact that it is right here on their professional doorstep, in effect. Perhaps I’m wrong in my generalization that academic humanists aren’t terribly engaged by these sorts of issues….
One could say the same thing about academic engineers, I bet. Oh, and academic scientists. Who’d I miss?
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