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Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

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Author: Lawrence Lessig
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Category: Book

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Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 1816

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.7 x 1

ISBN: 1594201722
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.730482
EAN: 9781594201721
ASIN: 1594201722

Publication Date: October 16, 2008
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable hybrid economy .

Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war a war waged against our kids and others who create and consume art. America s copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting artists creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, our system now criminalizes those very actions.

For many, new technologies have made it irresistible to flout these unreasonable and ultimately untenable laws. Some of today s most talented artists are felons, and so are our kids, who see no reason why they shouldn t do what their computers and the Web let them do, from burning a copyrighted CD for a friend to biting riffs from films, videos, songs, etc and making new art from them.

Criminalizing our children and others is exactly what our society should not do, and Lessig shows how we can and must end this conflict a war as ill conceived and unwinnable as the war on drugs. By embracing read-write culture, which allows its users to create art as readily as they consume it, we can ensure that creators get the support artistic, commercial, and ethical that they deserve and need. Indeed, we can already see glimmers of a new hybrid economy that combines the profit motives of traditional business with the sharing economy evident in such Web sites as Wikipedia and YouTube. The hybrid economy will become ever more prominent in every creative realm from news to music and Lessig shows how we can and should use it to benefit those who make and consume culture.

Remix is an urgent, eloquent plea to end a war that harms our children and other intrepid creative users of new technologies. It also offers an inspiring vision of the post-war world where enormous opportunities await those who view art as a resource to be shared openly rather than a commodity to be hoarded.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars

Copyright wars, who win? October 26, 2008
Donald Hsu (NYC, United States)
5 out of 18 found this review helpful

Intellectual property right, art, internet, e-commerce, economy driven model, plus legal issues, make this book a very busy read. As the author points out, there can be only one winner - Hollywood or Internet. Everyone knows that Internet always wins.

He is correct to point out the difference between commercial economies and sharing economics. But everyone knows this too. There is nothing new.

Creative Commons, a licensing system that provides an alternative to the copyright system, seems to work better in the digital age. The discussion of the legal ownership will definitely continue for years to come.

Overall the book is good for lawyers.

1 out of 5 stars

Big head November 22, 2008
George Kaplan
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

I am right now watching this guy on Charlie Rose. Every single word that emanates from his mouth screams, "I know what's good for you." His vision for society leaves no room for the rich diversity of individual desire and pursuit. His Obama-like "change" mantra betokens a world of the boot on the neck. God help us all.

P.S. If you live in Evanston, please move out.

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