Lessig's "In Defense of Piracy"

chromakey writes "The Wall Street Journal is running an essay from Lawrence Lessig about the fair use of copyrighted material on the Internet. He makes the case that companies who go to extreme lengths to squash minor videos, such as Universal, are stifling creativity in the modern era. Lessig makes specific reference to a YouTube video that was hit by a DMCA takedown notice, in which a 13-month-old child is dancing to a nearly inaudible soundtrack of Prince's 'Let's Go Crazy.' Lawrence Lessig is a board member for the Electronic Frontier Foundation."

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Re:Why should everything bring a profit?

[blahplusplus]

"I don't believe "added value" is a myth.

When I buy food in a restaurant, the chef adds value to the ingredients by preparing them in a knowledgable way."

You're confusing what I've said, everything he needs already exists -- all that value already is, all value is derived from previously existing stuff that already existed. Again he's not adding value, he's just reshaping what already existed. You're not understanding the argument - I can't make things out of silicon or glass if I don't have any to begin with, therefore all that is being done is reshaping what already is -- actualizing the pre-existing value that was already their in stored potential form.

Re:in 'defense' of robbIE? censorship on /.

[Narnie]

If i had mod points, i'd throw a few flamebaits here, but I'd feel pity because there's a lot of work put into this post.

Not too much pity though, I'd still mod it down.