I guess you never should judge a book by its cover. After picking up “Free Culture” from the bookstore I immediately let out a sigh and thought this is going to be one of those boring required reads that you hope to stagger through. I was actually greatly proven wrong. I have so far enjoyed the readings from “Free Culture” from the style of writing to the examples given. One reason I find this book so appealing is because although the examples are extreme cases, it shows, in a sense, that this whole issue of copyright is actually extreme in many cases.
After watching Good Copy Bad Copy in class, one of the main parts of the movie I enjoyed the scenes with Laurence Lessig. I thought the point he brought up that people should be able to use someone’s work if it is for good use without personal profit sums up how this whole system can be improved. If this were the case, imagination could exceed, along with creativity, which would promote innovation and invention. My question is, with so many people participating in file sharing (such as ‘illegal’ music downloading) do you think industries will try for years and years on end to bust people, or will eventually give up and see that physical harm is not taking place?
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I liked Lessig's suggestion as well, that as long as profit is not being made by the sampler, he or she should be free to sample others' work. As for what industries will do for years to come, I think that'll depend on how the law is changed. If it isn't, I think they will try to take every penny they can get from people.
To play devils advocate, even though the sampler may not be making money, it could be taking away money from the original author.
However, I do personally agree with Lessig and I hope to incorporate that idea into my collage.
Maybe a good idea would be to put people's work into two categories: available to use for sampling as long as no profit is made and untouchable (pretty much what it is right now).
And the author should be rewarded somehow for allowing his/her work to be put in the first category.
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