Melancholy Elephants
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". "Melancholy Elephants" is a 1982 science fiction short story by Canadian writer Spider Robinson. The story examines the interaction of copyright and longevity, and the possible effects of the extension of copyright to perpetuity. Its title is a reference to the popular belief that elephants are incapable of forgetting.
Premise
The story is set in a future in which powerful entities seek to pass a bill to enact perpetual copyright. A woman named Dorothy Martin believes this to be a threat to civilization and seeks to bribe a powerful senator into killing the proposal.
Reception
"Melancholy Elephants" won the 1983 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[1]
References
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External links
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- Text of Melancholy Elephants at the Baen Free Library
- Melancholy Elephants, by Spider Robinson in his site.