A non-fan sent me the following:

Your blog post sent me searching facts for hours. Though Lessig's version is less complicated then reality it is a fair depiction. Thanks for wasting my time and misinforming me. If you are going to take on a reputation of being a shock jock, may it be a conscience decision. I plan to read your blog a few more times and give up if I find you untrustworthy.

My response:

I beg to differ. The simplifications are important, in terms of understanding the historical process, and because of Lessig's reliance on the tale as a model for current policy. The basic points are that the adaptive process occurred much earlier, and that it did not involve a wholesale overturn of prior doctrine but, instead, an effort at accommodation.

I must say, though, that I sort of like the idea of being the Howard Stern of IP. Can I get Sirius to pay me a fortune to run The Property Rights Show?