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strict—a federal requirement that states decrease the speed limit, for<br />

example—so as to decrease the attractiveness of fast driving.<br />

These constraints can thus change, and they can be changed. To<br />

understand the effective protection of liberty or protection of property<br />

at any particular moment, we must track these changes over time. A restriction<br />

imposed by one modality might be erased by another. A freedom<br />

enabled by one modality might be displaced by another. 4<br />

124 <strong>FREE</strong> <strong>CULTURE</strong><br />

Why Hollywood Is Right<br />

The most obvious point that this model reveals is just why, or just<br />

how, Hollywood is right. The copyright warriors have rallied Congress<br />

and the courts to defend copyright. This model helps us see why that<br />

rallying makes sense.<br />

Let’s say this is the picture of copyright’s regulation before the Internet:<br />

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