Normally we think of Business Week as a publication dedicated to the enshrinement of the capitalist status quo. So when the phrase "copyright wars" pops out of a bizweek article, one has to wonder what's up.

The story by Heather Green covers a variety of chilling effects that have fallen out of the copyright wars. This includes impacts on teaching and research, stifling of new product innovations, and a general sense that things are out of balance.

The story doesn't contain much new for readers who've been following the Wars for the past few years. But it is a sign of how far the Cartel may have overreached when a notoriously rah-rah businesss publication is willing to print overt discomfort with the intellectual land-grab regime. More and more I'm convinced we'll win this war, one slow painful step at a time. Count this as a step on that road.