"The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our childrenand almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art formwith a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable hybrid economy. Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war waged against our kids and others who create and consume art. Americas copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting artists creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, our system now criminalizes those very actions. For many, new technologies have made it irresistible to flout these unreasonable and ultimately untenable laws. Some of todays most talented artists are felons, and so are our kids, who see no reason why they shouldnt do what their computers and the Web let them do, from...
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- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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#creativecommons in action: someone remixed my video + music into an ad!!! this is my world - Pause to Support a Cause | Zooppa.com - http://zooppa.it/ads...
Blogged: SML Photography: People photographing people photographing people photographing people: Olympus camera. Long live #CreativeCommons!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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