false 2892674 2 <B>The author of <I>Free Culture</I> shows how we harm our children--and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form--with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable "hybrid economy"</B>.<BR><BR> Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war--a war waged against our kids and others who create and consume art. America's copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting artists' creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, our system now criminalizes those very actions.<BR><BR> For many, new technologies have made it irresistible to flout these unreasonable and ultimately untenable laws. Some of today's most talented artists are felons, and so are our kids, who see no reason why they shouldn't do what their computers and the Web let them do, from burning a copyrighted CD for a friend to "biting" riffs from films, videos, songs, etc and making new art from them.<BR><BR> Criminalizing our children and others is exactly what our society should not do, and Lessig shows how we can and must end this conflict--a war as ill-conceived and unwinnable as the war on drugs. By embracing "read-write culture," which allows its users to create art as readily as they consume it, we can ensure that creators get the support--artistic, commercial, and ethical--that they deserve and need. Indeed, we can already see glimmers of a new hybrid economy that combines the profit motives of traditional business with the "sharing economy" evident in such Web sites as Wikipedia and YouTube. The hybrid economy will become ever more prominent in every creative realm--from news to music--and Lessig shows how we can and should use it to benefit those who make and consume culture.<BR><BR> <I>Remix</I> is an urgent, eloquent plea to end a war that harms our children and other intrepid creative users of new technologies. It also offers an inspiring vision of the post-war world where enormous opportunities await those who view art as a resource to be shared openly rather than a commodity to be hoarded. 2918930 16 10 2008 Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy total:129|5:16|4:59|3:47|2:7|1:0| 129 471 373 28 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 18:13:50 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 18:16:02 -0800 2009
My Amazon.com review says it all, but here's what I'll say here:

What is completely new about Remix is that it finally and fully embraces the human context that was always present in Lessig's writing, but always subordinated to facts an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 18:39:13 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 18:48:50 -0800 2008 Remix, to think about the future of a generation weaned on pirated media. In his usual elegant style, he clears the bramble around thorny issues of gift economies, fan labor (though he doesn't use the term), and what he calls the "Copyright Wars." (...more...]]> 4 1 true false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 09 07:19:02 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 14 21:48:18 -0700 2009 Remix to anyone who creates content, whether as part of their day job or simply as a hobby in their basement. Lawrence Lessig takes the complicated issues surrounding modern copyright and explains them in terms laypeople can comprehend. Moreover, he makes a compelling argument from a...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jan 04 08:24:38 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 22 10:43:49 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 08:24:38 -0800 2009
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