Laws that choke creativity | Larry Lessig

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nextparadigms · 2011-12 · Recommendation

I agree. I think the solution to SOPA and PIPA is nothing , not a "lesser evil" or a "compromise". The music labels may die, but I don't think it's the Government's job to save them, just like it's not the Government's job to save the print media against Internet bloggers. I also don't think that there will be less music if the current music labels die. Copyright extensions have become ridiculous, and I think the labels have had their way for way too long in influencing the Government against the public and against the new creators. I think it's time to be reminded once again of Larry Lassig's TED video: [VIDEO] Also when you watch it, and see the airplane example, think about it how it could've been if they "compromised" on saying "Airplanes are free to pass over properties, but helicopters not". It would've still been just as ridiculous. Perhaps not the perfect analogy, but something to think about.

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nextparadigms · 2011-08 · Recommendation

I don't think copyright is compatible with the Internet. It's time for everyone to realize that. Times change, and some laws become obsolete. It's not the first time it has happened and it's not going to be the last. Then a couple of decades later you look back at them and realize how absurd they have been. Not all industries have copyright, and they seem to have done pretty well so far without, most likely much better than they would've done with it. These are some good videos on this, if you haven't seen them already: [VIDEO] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK]

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joelhaus · 2011-08 · Recommendation

Here is some sound reasoning on the topic from Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law [VIDEO]

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