The TED talk that Lawrence Lessig does is interesting to watch , plus it makes his reading make more sense. He brings to out attention these two cultures of RO and RW that have shaped our cultures to differences in certain points of views. He brings to our attention User Generated Content (ugc) that has created a controversy of this ‘remix’ of art and copyright infringement debate. Lessig quotes “…this remix era is not copyright, but remaking the content and adding more creativity” (TED talk) which I understand where the controversy comes from as these creators of remixing the content, or the RW culture, alter someones main idea. I would argue that as well, taking someones idea and altering it to make a remix is copyright infringement, wouldn’t you? How would you define copyright? Lessig makes the statement of “The ability to channel commercial the return from music or film has allowed other to create what others have not” (lessig 85) to be the argument for copyright law.
Copyright in today’s society it not tolerated as people, most RO cultured, believe to have the right to their ideas. Examples we see is peoples writing, lyricism, and filmography. There is slightly a way that people work around this, by ‘remixing’ the main idea, it is then a new idea with new content. I would argue that copyright does in fact limit or creates an obstacle for peoples creativity to expand. With 7 billion people alive, someone else is bound to have the same or similar idea as another. This idea of remixing creates and enables people to expand their creativity to new limits. For example, in our generation we have noticed how much Disk Jockeys (DJ’s) have evolved and how much people experiment with altering music to create a new genre of music.
Although I support the idea of people creating new ideas, I believe that the current copyright law don’t necessarily need to be strengthened but remain unchanged. I’m a strong believer of peoples ideas being altered to others work. How else would someone be glorified for the main idea that others are credited or rewarded for?
Reference
Lessig, L. (2008). Comparing Cultures. Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (pp. 84-116). New York: Penguin Press HC, The.
Lessig, Lawrence. “Laws That Choke Creativity.” Lawrence Lessig:. TED Talk, Mar. 2007. Web.