Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law
Posted by on 11th, 2009
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.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands …
This guys voice fluctuations are annoying as all hell. “It iiiiiissss (upward vocal pitch) the best wayyyyyy (upward vocal pitch) to maaaakkeee someethingggg (upward vocal pitch(stab me with a knife etc))”. It sucks cause I really like what he is saying but gdamn.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
hes a prophet
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
The HQ thing only came out a few months ago. It is likely this video was uploaded before there was an option to upload your video as HQ. Some of the newer TEDTalks have HQ quality. Just not this oldie.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
No system is ever perfect, so should the solution be up to the free market(people) or the State(courts)? Copyrights we do need them, though time always calls for change. We live in a information rich era, to negate this sharing or reinventing of idea is a crime against humanity.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
the man makes a good point
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
While I disagree with the idea that copyright should be abolish, it pains me that Lessig has just dismissed the people who think this without argument. He just waves his hand and labels them “extremist” without even considering their perfectly valid and reasonable points.
I think most people here agree that it is a serious shortcoming.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Oh Dear God I hate those anime remix things. The Jesus one was brilliant, though.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
did youtube lower the quality of all their videos and added HQ as a ploy? cuz this is bullshit
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
11:50 What are those bozos applauding that crap for?
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
thinking of the answer reminds me of the venus project
if there was no need for money then there would be no need to tax creativity
August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am