If you care about the internet, entrepreneurship or technology, you should care about PIPA / SOPA. For the record, I am 100% in favor of protecting the rights of artists and copyright holders. Artistic creation takes incredible effort and intellectual property rights help insure that we have a vibrant culture and media economy. However, the “Stop … Continue reading
Check out this screenshot of Stephen Colbert’s interview with Larry Lessig embedded in Lessig’s blog. According to Lessig, the interview is CC-licensed. As such, the irony of the phrase “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom International Inc.” is astounding. It’s particularly inexplicable when you consider the value to … Continue reading
While interviewing Larry Lessig (founder of Creative Commons), Steven Colbert issued a challenge to his audience in his usual sarcastic fashion…DO NOT REMIX THIS INTERVIEW. Our community over at Indaba Music has taken this challenge to heart and a bevy of different mixes have been springing up. Check them out and join in on the … Continue reading
Not surprising that Larry Lessig would give a good talk on the problems with and future of intellectual property law, but even though its no surprise I wanted to share. My brother sent me this video (he actually first introduced me to the TED talks – you should check them out, there’s some amazing, amazing … Continue reading
Not surprising that Larry Lessig would give a good talk on the problems with and future of intellectual property law, but even though its no surprise I wanted to share. My brother sent me this video (he actually first introduced me to the TED talks – you should check them out, there’s some amazing, amazing … Continue reading
