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Interview With Lawrence Lessig On Future Rights

Posted by Zonk on from the weighty-issues dept.

tres3 writes "In an interview with the O'Reilly Network Mr. Lessig discusses many current issues that may have future legal implications. He starts with MGM's request for Certiorari in the Grokster case. His conclusion is that ReplayTV was forced out of business by a legal challenge, not a legal victory. Lessig continues on to discuss, among other things, The Creative Commons and their new Sampling License and how it may affect the way that some movies and music, that contain samples from other sources, are made in the future. From the article: 'So the same act of creativity in some sense, you know, taking, creating, mixing out of what other people do, is legal in the text world and illegal in the digital media world.'"

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  1. First Post... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    while smoking out with several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict. Dig?

  2. HELP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WiFi signals jammed. Niggers using advanced Nig Ray technology.

  3. Article too long. Brain hurt. Sorry. by ABeowulfCluster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can't type anything legible.

  4. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    tru dat

  5. future of the /. effet by bathmann · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    As it gets shared, relying on an infrastructure that keeps the cost of delivery low becomes essential. So if you're a filmmaker and you have a great new documentary film you want to make available on the internet, if you post it on your web site and it becomes successful, then you go bankrupt.

    Man, Mirrors and torrents are so counterrevolutionary! I'll /. your site!

    On a side note, he also express some interesting thoughts on the upcoming Grokster's decision.

  6. All I have to say is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WHAT.....THE.....FUCK?!?!?!

    1. Re:All I have to say is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It's Pink Floyd. Maybe some people can resample Pink Floyd, add a back-beat, and claim that they wrote it. I mean that is cool, right? But fuck Roland because he copies 95% of people's work and adds 5% content. But its OK if it's music, because if I change some stuff around it's like I wrote it myself, right?

  7. LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just hope they don't inject you with their Gay Nigger Seed virus.

    I find it funny that the parent is modded Offtopic rather than Flamebait or Troll. This will probably change, though.

  8. Re:What? by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What good is an ip for people with temporary IPs (one of the few advantages of dial-up is not having a static ip)?