I highly recommend people go to the website and read the details of the argument and book. The paragraph put into this email glosses over a lot of it, particularly that Joo's argument relies primarily on analyzing sampling in the music industry, which (obviously) isn't what the entirety of free culture encompasses.
Still, the argument is really interesting; definitely *recommended reading*. Alex On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Ethan <[email protected]> wrote: > I mean article (not book) ... > > On Saturday, April 21, 2012, Ethan wrote: > >> I'm curious what y'all think of the argument in this book: >> >> Remix Without Romance: What Free Culture Gets Wrong >> >> "In *Remix Without >> Romance<http://connecticutlawreview.org/files/2012/04/3.Joo_.pdf> >> *, UC Davis professor of law Thomas W. Joo provides a comprehensive and >> convincing critique of free culture scholarship. First, many of the >> factual claims made by free culture advocates are incorrect. This is >> important. Amongst copyright skeptics, many question statistics about the >> economic benefits of copyright or effects of piracy and calls for more >> empirical evidence in copyright policy are common. Yet, as Joo >> demonstrates, many free culture arguments *lack *such empirical >> evidence. They may sound attractive, and they are repeated often, but do >> not hold up under closer scrutiny." >> more: >> http://www.copyhype.com/2012/04/remix-without-romance-what-free-culture-gets-wrong/ >> >>> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >
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