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<\/p>\nProfessor Lessig rethinks intellectual property rights by assessing a balance of forces between commerce and community. His main argument focuses on revitalizing our creative culture.<\/p>\n
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Larry Lessig is one of the foremost authorities on copyright issues, with a vision for reconciling creative freedom with marketplace competition.<\/p>\n
Creation always involves building upon something else.<\/strong><\/p>\n “There is no art that doesn’t reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed by the appropriator.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Creativity and innovation always build on the past. The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it.<\/p>\n Free societies enable the future by limiting the power of the past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Larry is the founder of the Center for Internet and Society and a professor of law at Stanford Law School.<\/p>\n His presentation on TED and his book present a very interesting combative manifesto that enhances how creativity is being strangled by the law.<\/p>\n Download his book for free: Remix<\/strong><\/p>\n Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy<\/p>\n [Link: http:\/\/www.bloomsburyacademic.com\/remix.htm<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Professor Lessig rethinks intellectual property rights by assessing a balance of forces between commerce and community. His main argument focuses on revitalizing our creative culture. Larry Lessig is one of the foremost authorities on copyright issues, with a vision for … Continue reading