[ via Tom Becker ] Marc Rotenberg at EPIC considers Bradbury’s classic:
It seemed both appropriate and ironical to review Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 at this point in time. Earlier this month the US Congress began consideration of a bill that would ban the unauthorized reproduction of digital works. At almost the same time, federal prosecutors urged a court in Philadelphia to require technology in public libraries that would block access to information that some consider offensive.
The City of Los Angeles has selected Fahrenheit 451 as the city’s common book to read this year. Interesting, since LA is the home of the industries who’d rather that we not read or create, but watch Britney and the Rock on cable.
