Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law

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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[EllyYuki]

Youtube listen to this man and stop deleting our videos!

[uJustGotSushiRolld]

@ddviolinist They can't. You, as a teacher, should realize how restrictive art classes are, and art is in fact the greatest outlet for original content. However, your colleagues force us to make the art THEY chose for us, rather than saying, "Draw me a picture of any sort; I will grade you on it."

I DRAW MANGA. WELL.

Yet I get TERRIBLE grades in art, since I suck at, what's this, pointillism? Gradient shading?

I'm being restricted from creating my own content by YOU AND THE REST OF THE SYSTEM.

[heavytransit]

@rycka1983 still there are some exceptions, plagiarism and piracy very much exist, but not in such a extreme way as they put it.

and of course this things can be avoided very easily but corporations dont give a fuck, they just want the competition out of the way, and thats why you see Megaupload being raided but bit torrent will keep existing forever because its owned by a big american corporation.

[heavytransit]

@rycka1983 and in the case of Megaupload for example they cant be held accountable for the sharing either, because they were not selling you the files shared in the website they sold you a faster download and upload of the files by giving you more space in their servers.

people were the ones who uploaded the content not the site owners, it is the same as youtube.

and they of course were not saying that the movies shared were theirs so…

no real piracy nor plagiarism on that case.

[heavytransit]

@rycka1983 but thats not piracy thats plagiarism and has nothing to do with sharing on the internet.

thats one of the things that people are being misleaded to, piracy is the ilegal reproduction and sell of copyrighted material giving the authors credit of it.

plagarism is the use of someones work claiming its yours and earning a profit out of it.

on the internet non of this really happens because most people dont earn money by sharing files.

[rycka1983]

@heavytransit reviewing work of others is absolutely out of piracy scope. I doubt that anyone would think that it is illegal.

I think the only thing in which someone should be punished is when you make profit out of somones work and when you tell that you are athe author. This is cheating on a big scale, yes.

[heavytransit]

@rycka1983 but what about he gaining profit on your work while making free advertisement of it, like the people who make game reviews who have a partnership but at the same time will let you know if the product was worth it, people confuse plagiarism with just someone using your work.

the only thing in wich someone should be punished is by using the work of someone else and saying its his or hers, while earning profit out of it. but that can be avoided

[rycka1983]

@ckildegaard I ingore stupid laws.

[CodyRicheson]

Showcasing "anime music videos" is an excellent example of how uncreative my generation can be.

[ckildegaard]

@rycka1983 I agree as well, if it is not for profit, it should be legal. But unfortunately that's how it is. And breaking the law isn't going to help the case.

[ckildegaard]

@EllyYuki Unfortunately if they do that they become liable for damages. The only way for the site to protect itself is to have a DMCA takedown procedure. So it's not YouTube that needs to listen, it's Congress.

[rycka1983]

@ckildegaard OK, let it be extreme, but it is not negative extreme. But of course, I agree, that if somone makes money from your work, they should be punished. If it is for nonprofit, it should be allowed.