Some of the most interesting writing about copyright and remix culture comes from attorney Lawrence Lessig. His latest book, Remix, is available as a Creative Commons licensed download. In a world where kids can download everything for free, how do you make commerce thrive and how do you avoid criminalizing an entire generation? These are the primary questions Lessig asks in this book. If you make a baby video that happens to have Prince playing on the radio in the background and you upload it to YouTube, have you broken a copyright law? Prince thinks you have. But Prince is an idiot with a guitar. I seriously doubt that the guy can even read. Lessig is much smarter than Prince. Read his book with Prince playing on the stereo in your room. Film yourself. Then upload to YouTube. That will make Prince go insane.
I found this book via BoingBoing.
And by the way, you have our permission to film yourself with our audio playing on your stereo in the background. We’re much smarter than Prince too!
Very interesting book, essential reading for those interested in copyright for the digital age. It takes every perspective involved in the digital war and explores what it means to the fan, the artist, the industry and the culture. Great piece of work for the Creative Commons!
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