Larry Lessig: Laws that choke creativity

http://www.ted.com Larry Lessig, the Nets most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the "ASCAP cartel" in his argument for reviving our creative culture.

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[AnbuNinjaXIII]

I disagree. If I have an idea, that was my idea. I don't think it's wrong to want people to know that. People deserve credit for their ideas. Ideas should work like Tumblr. Anyone can reblog it and add to it and make it grow into its own thing independent of you, but you're still the source of that post. So no, it doesn't "belong" to you...but it came from you. That matters. Assuming anything otherwise is an insult to the artists who create things for the world and humans everywhere.

[avedic]

One huge law that chokes creativity: The illegality of marijuana.

Just imagine ALL the artwork, music, literature, even science that wouldn't be had it not been for the hyper-priming creativity-inducing effects of marijuana on the artists and thinkers who created what they did. Imagine all of that work, without marijuana. I wouldn't want to live in such a world.

"If you think drugs should be illegal, take all your albums records tapes and cds......and burn them."

- Bill Hicks

[tralexan]

If Mr. Lessig saw a video with Martin Luther King Jr. acting like a fool in his underwear and then being hit by a bus, it wouldn't creativity, it would be hate. If Barack Obama and Lester Lessig were substituted for Bush/Blair it wouldn't be creativity, it would be a personal and political attack from those who fail to see things correctly. And finally, stealing Anime footage and Mahna Mahna from the Muppets and combining them isn't exactly a high point of creativity. In fact, it's childish.

[Joao Rijo]

with regards to creators income, there are many ways that can be accomplished:

self-promotion (which leads to being hired to make requested works, live performances), advertisements/sponsorships, kickstarters style fundings, donations.

[Joao Rijo]

copyright is on it's way to extinction, mark my words. now that there are better alternatives for consumers, remixes and even producers (creative common licenses) it's just a matter of time until CCL replace copyright licenses altogether. as CCL become increasingly common people will think twice before even listening/reading/watching (never mind buying) copyrighted works, why bother if you can listen/read/watch something that you can freely share or make modifications of.

[Luke Fabis]

Furthermore, why do you insist on running around calling people parasites? You're no John Galt, and your rhetoric doesn't lend you credibility.