9.30.2004
Review: Free Culture
Free Culture How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity by Lawrence Lessig
A highly entertaining look at the problem of copyright in the digital age. Lessig has crafted a powerhouse of an argument against the current system of ulimited copyright and the methods of copyright holders and Congress to deal with the issues of mp3 trading and other, new, digital means of expression.
His idea for registration and renewal requirements for copyright holders is one I support.
Reading his examples of how the RIAA has destroyed lives of people who have downloaded music should upset anyone who blindly thinks "downloading music is wrong."
Using over-reaching laws to attack and stifle creativity is wrong, too.
Your library doesn't have a copy? Download the whole book on his site. It's worth your time.
A highly entertaining look at the problem of copyright in the digital age. Lessig has crafted a powerhouse of an argument against the current system of ulimited copyright and the methods of copyright holders and Congress to deal with the issues of mp3 trading and other, new, digital means of expression.
His idea for registration and renewal requirements for copyright holders is one I support.
Reading his examples of how the RIAA has destroyed lives of people who have downloaded music should upset anyone who blindly thinks "downloading music is wrong."
Using over-reaching laws to attack and stifle creativity is wrong, too.
Your library doesn't have a copy? Download the whole book on his site. It's worth your time.
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