Thursday, August 11, 2005

Copyright crimes

Wired reports that:

Jose Avila recently found himself in [a] predicament. Although he has a good job as a software developer, he's locked into two rents after moving to Arizona, and has no extra cash for an Ikea shopping spree. But instead of scouting street corners for a ratty, unwanted couch, Avila got creative and built an apartment full of surprisingly sturdy furniture -- out of FedEx shipping boxes.



Fanciful as his creations may seem, FedEx is not amused. The shipping giant's lawyers have sent Avila letters demanding he take down the site he created to document his project, invoking, among other things, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (.pdf), or DMCA.

Here's a photo gallery of his creations.



Copyright was written into our constitution for the express purpose of promoting "the progress of science and useful arts." How does this do that?

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