Larry Lessig: How Creativity is being strangled by the law


http://... Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, following this elegant presentation of "three stories and an argument." The Net's most adored lawyer brings together John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights, and the "ASCAP cartel" to build a case for creative freedom. He pins down the key shortcomings of our dusty, pre-digital intellectual property laws, and reveals how bad laws beget bad code. Then, in an homage to cutting-edge artistry, he throws in some of the most hilarious remixes you've ever seen.







Channel: Tech
Uploaded: November 15, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Author: TEDtalksDirector

Length: 00:19:07
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hungarianTEK (December 1, 2008 at 5:53 pm)
very clever vid!
5/5
heyyJosh (December 1, 2008 at 5:23 pm)
I think he may have overestimated that all 'kids' want to remix existing material. As a 'kid' I guess I can say that. But what's really good about this speech is that he addresses the way in which all of these websites are such amazing resources because they allow anybody to contribute to culture and youth culture - by boradcasting videos on youtube, or a creating myspace page, or blog. Awesome.
NewDescartes (November 29, 2008 at 9:23 am)
YES!
assadd1 (November 23, 2008 at 4:13 am)
It is very interesting; creativity can be assisted by the internet, namely, user content, and how kneejerk reaction to copywrite infringement claims can kill creativity. The content carrier should always make sure that something claimed as a copywrite violation is not, in reality, fair use. Good commentary, I'm glad near the end the speaker did stop inflecting his voice upward at the end of each sentences.

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