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I have no problems with institutional arrangements, but I'm concerned with spillover effects. Asks Peter Ludlow about his intentions with licensing for his Second Life project. Yochai -- opposed to applying IP to Second Life because of the depressing effects on derivative creativity. Johnson: Q re inspiration for creativity vs. copying of objects Yochai: If you can distinguish in a robust way between derviative creativity vs. copying -- in the digital environment, most people copy in the course of creating new works. Because of this, you need to be cautious. Johnson: controlling access to spaces? Performance spaces? Yochai: that's fine.

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