Lawrence Lessig: The country of the blind

Writing about web page http://www.lessig.org/blog/

• Stop telling the world that we've invented something new and different: There's nothing new here
• cultures have always evolved by remixing
• In order to evolve and remix individuals need to be free to act creatively
• When the tools of remix change, the freedoms must change too
• Right now reuse of technology is not sufficiently free, because a remix requires a copy
• Either we reform the law, or we reform the technology
• ideas:
• connect: to the old guard; call "piracy" wrong; we are not defending the right to copy against the copyright holder's wishes
• teach: show people what technological remix is about
• change: teach people how to change, not abolish, laws that don't work

Chris May : 17 Mar 2005 16:52 |  Tags: Etech |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem