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Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law



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http://www.ted.com Larry Lessig, the Nets most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the "ASCAP cartel" in his argument for reviving our creative culture.
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Amazing speech, ... ( 4 weeks ago by kidmecha)
Amazing speech, very moving and well spoken.
Born with prohibitions, so true, I never realized the intense limits we face. I knew they were bad but not this bad...
QQ more plz ( 3 weeks ago by swyft187)
QQ more plz
Web sites like ... ( 3 weeks ago by Replayability)
Web sites like YouTube have ads, so anything you could make would be considered commercial.
And we don't live in a Democracy. We live in a Republic.
A Democratic ... ( 3 weeks ago by sickfixxreturns)
A Democratic Republic, asshole. Sounds like you've been 'Hannitized'. What a joke.
The joke is in your ... ( 3 weeks ago by Replayability)
The joke is in your mirror, sickfixxreturns. Look long and deep. I'm not a Republican and since it seems you're fond of name calling and assumptions, you must be a Democrat. Do you think before you type or do you just let your brain vomit through your fingertips all over your keyboard?
I'm neither ... ( 3 weeks ago by sickfixxreturns)
I'm neither Democrat nor Republic. If anything, I would be a Libertarian or, because of my sheer outrage at what the system has become, perhaps even an anarchist. How can I have faith in such shambles of a system? I obviously think as I'm typing, but I don't obsess over every syllable beforehand. That wouldn't reflect what is in my heart, but instead would be something cold, dead and clinical.
Much better comment ... ( 3 weeks ago by Replayability)
Much better comment than your last, sickfixxreturns. Too many YouTube users leap to unnecessary name calling instead of explaining their point of view or pointing out why they think others are wrong. Being judgmental, cursing, and name calling are tools of the lazy and uneducated and we all know those people are F-ing A-holes. Oops. Damn! Never mind.
I apologize. I ... ( 3 weeks ago by sickfixxreturns)
I apologize. I have a lot of rage in me.
hosting free ... ( 3 weeks ago by tubedeejay)
hosting free content on a site that hosts ads doesn't make it commercial content unless ad revenue is shared with the author (only sometimes.)
it is commercial use of non-commercial content.
what the hell was ... ( 3 weeks ago by alhambramoors89)
what the hell was this about??!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont understand his point. someone please explain it to me. im clueless and he seems like a jerk just talking..
Some laws strangle ... ( 2 weeks ago by SpicyHam)
Some laws strangle it
some creavity are strangled more
What he is ... ( 2 weeks ago by lateblossom)
What he is ultimaely saying is there is a battle between artists, the law, and us, the mass. We, the mass, take content by the artists, and we re-use and recreate with that content, which the law wants to prohibit us from doing. But he says that this recreation is the new culture for you and me, the youth. And he says that the law stifles this recreation and creativity, and that we the meass, artists, and lawmakers need to find a common ground to preserve that culture.
Make more sense?
Wow, amazing ... ( 2 weeks ago by 6thCreated)
Wow, amazing lecture.
I disagree. As long ... ( 2 weeks ago by tickingclocks48)
I disagree. As long as they give credit to the original artists and don't make a profit off of it, why shouldn't they be allowed?
They shouldn't be ... ( 2 weeks ago by DimitriLozovoy)
They shouldn't be allowed because when they give the art away for free they make it impossible for the artist themselves to make a profit! When it's given away for free, you can't sell it anymore. This is pretty obvious.
How are artists ... ( 2 weeks ago by DimitriLozovoy)
How are artists supposed to make any money if everything they do is given away for free by these "remixers"? This would only hurt the artists as a whole and make them even poorer than they are today. Please consider this from an artist's perspective.
If the product is ... ( 2 weeks ago by tickingclocks48)
If the product is worth buying then why wouldn't people want to buy it? Even if it is being "given away for free". Tons of the music I listen to is remixed on youtube. Does that mean I won't go out and buy the c.d.? Besides, remixers aren't doing it to make a profit, they're doing it to be creative. Like the artist should be doing. And as an artist, you should see a remix as free publicity. People that might not listen to your genre of music will want to check the original track out.
you're all wrong - ... ( 1 week ago by part2themovie)
you're all wrong - just a heads up
what do u mean ( 1 week ago by Vermici0usKnid)
what do u mean
Good progressive ... ( 1 week ago by upbreak)
Good progressive thinking
in a very general sense.
by the way if ... ( 1 week ago by upbreak)
by the way if anyone has seen the cover of this guy's book.. i think it is so appropriate and well done. boy , girls remixing and making something that never existed before... very good use of colours and it is so appropriate.
You need to look at ... ( 1 week ago by pipefx64)
You need to look at something like the Radiohead album In Rainbows. The band originally released it on their website with a price tag decided by the consumer; it could be anything from 1p to £1000. The vast majority of people, however, paid around £7, a fair price for an album. tickingclocks48 is right, as people will still buy the work even if it's freely available, and the artist should also be constantly reminded that they're not supposed to be in it for the money.
This sounds nice in ... ( 2 days ago by DimitriLozovoy)
This sounds nice in theory, but I suppose that you are not speaking from experience. I suggest that you should try selling some CD's or online downloads.
Take girltalk for ... ( 14 hours ago by grimshawr)
Take girltalk for example. During the week, he is a biochemist. his coworkers don't even know who he is. on weekends he puts on the proverbial cape and goes on tour making spliced-up pop music into dance tracks. he clearly isn't doing it for the money, otherwise he would quit his job. he is just doing something original and it is working. artists who are in it just for the money only seem to impress 14 year olds anyway.



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