Lessig does make sense. I'm curious as to whether he created the title that says "the law is strangling creativity" since that is extreme and seems to go against some of the premises of his talk. As he says, it's extremism that's the real problem, and the application of the law to developing technologies without recognizing that some applications don't make sense. The Creative Commons movement that he "didn't talk about" is promising, to be sure. Just remember that the Founders thought IP was important enough to put it in the Constitution, Article I, Section 8: "Section. 8.
The Congress shall have Power ... To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;" <http://archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html> Yes, some aspects of the law have gone overboard. But we don't want to destroy creators' rights to their creations. Balance and moderation. Good things to seek in many venues. On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Janice Carello <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Craig. This is great. > > What Lessig says about youth thinking differently, about culture, about > creativity, and about criminalization resonates with me, particularly in > terms of teaching writing. I am going to share this link with my colleagues. > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:27 AM, delancey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think Lessig's latest TED lecture is spot on: >> >> >> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html >> >> cd >> > > > > -- > Janice > > > > -- Dave Henn [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
