Copyright law should distinguish between commercial and cultural uses (Cory Doctorow in the Guardian)

Cory Doctorow (one of my favorite writers - his recent book "Overclocked" is a must-read if you like science fiction that is not-very-much-fiction-at-all) has a very good column in the UK Guardian, here.  Cory is really good at nailing stuff down that is otherwise left in more murky waters - here is a high-light:

"We need to stop shoe-horning cultural use into the little carve-outs in copyright, such as fair dealing and fair use. Instead we need to establish a new copyright regime that reflects the age-old normative consensus about what's fair and what isn't at the small-scale, hand-to-hand end of copying, display, performance and adaptation..."

Cory also mentions the 'Access to Knowledge (A2K) treaty' which seems like a good thing to tune into.