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Lawrence Lessig: Will Copyright Laws Stifle Creativity?

04 min 42 sec

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Stanford law professor and copyright activist Lawrence Lessig examines the evolution and importance of the community's role in creating remixes and mashups, and ponders the fate of the participatory medium in the face of out-of-date copyright laws.
Shepard Fairey Fights AP To Redefine Copyright Law

03 min 06 sec

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Shepard Fairey, contemporary artist behind the Barack Obama "Hope" portrait, discusses the reasoning behind his lawsuit against the Associated Press.

"I'm not a lawyer, I'm an artist," says Fairey. "I really believe anything that stifles one's ability to communicate and express themselves is undesirable."
Where Should Artists Draw the Line with Copyright Law?

04 min 54 sec

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Shepard Fairey, Steven Johnson, and Lawrence Lessig weigh the pros and cons of artistic freedom, fair use, and copyright law.
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Rapid Eye

Posted: 05.14.10, 05:27 AM

Agreed. The discussion was very interesting, but that thing at the start might drive people away. First I thought my connection was broken, then I thought the video might be broken and then I realised that this was supposed to be art.

Glen

Posted: 09.10.09, 11:01 AM

I almost just shut this video off during that horrible Charlie Rose segment. It wasn't smart, and it was so annoying to my ears and eyes. Does anyone feel the same? And what a pity because the real discussion was good. That segment was awful, bad idea.

samtheman

Posted: 06.05.09, 02:56 PM

I think downloading music off the internet is wrong. The singers don't make any profit off of it whatsoever and it's just in overall bad for the music industry.

theoriginaldrifter

Posted: 06.05.09, 02:53 PM

Well, record companies are actually starting to come to terms with online downloading and are trying to both a) grasp as much money of the cd industry as possible while they still can and 2) try to switch over to the online world.

theoriginaldrifter

Posted: 06.05.09, 02:51 PM

It would have been cooler if there was music in the background.

brayfield

Posted: 03.13.09, 10:54 AM

Lessig is pessimistic and intelligent at once. We need to establish a stable philosophy. That's all there is to it.

annlandi

Posted: 03.12.09, 06:21 PM

I would be curious to know how much the artist made from the image. That seems critical to the discussion.

Berribunnyo

Posted: 03.12.09, 01:02 PM

Record companies don't seem to get it. Just because someone downloaded an album. Doesn't mean they would have purchased that artists album. So their estimated record sales lost is inflated.

Manna

Posted: 03.12.09, 09:35 AM

Wow, this is such an amazing conversation. Copyright law is in desperate need of an update and big media is just grasping at straws as the digital age comes into full bloom.

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