There is a difference, though, between a creator's exclusive rights to his or her creation and a creator's exclusive right to make money from his or her creation.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Dave Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lessig does make sense. I'm curious as to whether he created the title > that says "the law is strangling creativity" since that is extreme and > seems to go against some of the premises of his talk. As he says, it's > extremism that's the real problem, and the application of the law to > developing technologies without recognizing that some applications > don't make sense. The Creative Commons movement that he "didn't talk > about" is promising, to be sure. Just remember that the Founders > thought IP was important enough to put it in the Constitution, Article > I, Section 8: > "Section. 8. > > The Congress shall have Power ... > > To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for > limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their > respective Writings and Discoveries;" > <http://archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html> > > Yes, some aspects of the law have gone overboard. But we don't want to > destroy creators' rights to their creations. Balance and moderation. > Good things to seek in many venues. > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Janice Carello <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks, Craig. This is great. > > > > What Lessig says about youth thinking differently, about culture, about > > creativity, and about criminalization resonates with me, particularly in > > terms of teaching writing. I am going to share this link with my > colleagues. > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:27 AM, delancey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I think Lessig's latest TED lecture is spot on: > >> > >> > >> > http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html > >> > >> cd > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Janice > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Dave Henn > [email protected] > > > > -- Janice --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
