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Remix : making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy / Lawrence Lessig.
2008
N 721 LES.R
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Title
Remix : making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy / Lawrence Lessig.
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Description
xxii, 327 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN
9781594201721
1594201722
9781408113479 paperback
1408113473 paperback
9780143116134 paperback
0143116134 paperback
9781440634628 electronic book
1440634629 electronic book
9781429561129
1429561122
1594201722
9781408113479 paperback
1408113473 paperback
9780143116134 paperback
0143116134 paperback
9781440634628 electronic book
1440634629 electronic book
9781429561129
1429561122
Alternate Call Number
N 721 LES.R
Summary
From the Publisher: The author of Free Culture 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". 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. 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. 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. Remix 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Cultures of our past; 2. Cultures of our future; 3. RO, extended; 4. RW, revived; 5. Cultures compared; 6. Two economies : commercial and sharing; 7. Hybrid economies; 8. Economy lessons; 9. Reforming law; 10. Reforming US.
Source of Description
Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 19, 2014).
Series
Penguin book. Technology/Law.
Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
Language
English
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