Lessig

I thought this article was very interesting. The first little story that was told in the introduction was a good way to set up the article. Of course, people are going to sympathize with a mother wanting to video her child dancing to the radio. This puts the reader in the frame of mind the author wanted them to be in to continue reading.

Later on the story talks about Yoko Ono not allowing a tribute to John Lennon. This made me upset because I feel like no one is trying to steal or hurt anyone in instances like this. It made me think of the days of Napster. Lennon was an artist and created something so beautiful that many people wanted to make a tribute to it. To me, there is nothing wrong with that.

I feel that people should not be punished by big corporations for being able to use the technology that is availabe to them. For instance, if someone downloads 4,000 songs for free from Napster and they get caught. I do not think the penalty should fall back on the person but rather Napster. This did happen, but so many people were sued and had to pay for songs and other things they downloaded.

I think the advances in technology today, the iPad and the Amazon Kindle, will lead to more illegal downloads and usage. People will soon probably be downloading books illegally from the internet. But, these companies keep coming out with more and more advanced technology so they should expect that people are going to be able to do use their "creative license" in some way.

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4 Response to "Lessig"

  1. Laura Burdette says:
    February 9, 2010 at 1:05 PM
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  2. Laura Burdette says:
    February 9, 2010 at 1:41 PM

    I completely agree with all of your references. Sometimes it seems as though copywright laws can be pretty ridiculous. Especially the confrontation with the mother who posted the video of her child dancing. Honestly, like Lessig or the mother had stated, no fan of Prince would decide to view that video in order to listen to that particular song instead of buying his CD. In addition, I also agree with you that Napster should have simply received the penalty. After all, Napster was the one who allowed those people to download those songs.

  3. Sandy Baldwin says:
    February 11, 2010 at 12:08 PM
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  4. Sandy Baldwin says:
    February 11, 2010 at 12:10 PM

    You make many good points in the post. It did surprise me that Yoko Ono was so difficult about the permissions. I wonder what John Lennon would have said? Did she feel it was a matter of principle? Did she feel the amount wasn't that much? (But it's a lot for an artist.) Still, copyright is fundamental to how we understand authorship and intellectual property. Do you think Lessig's proposals will work? Will we still have a creative community?

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