Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

Lawrence Lessig

Penguin Group US, Oct 16, 2008 - Law - 352 pages

The reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, Lawrence Lessig spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war?a war waged against those who create and consume art. America?s copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting artists? creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, our system now criminalizes those very actions. Remix is an urgent, eloquent plea to end a war that harms every intrepid, creative user of new technologies. It also offers an inspiring vision of the postwar world where enormous opportunities await those who view art as a resource to be shared openly rather than a commodity to be hoarded.

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User Review  - Jackie - Goodreads

Every time I pick up a book by him, I am always impressed by Lawrence Lessig's capacity at storytelling. There aren't many people who are simultaneously talented academics and lawyers - expert enough ...

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User Review  - Jonathan - Goodreads

Lots of interesting ideas that were helpful. Lessig definitely knows how to give a new perspective on issues of copyright and intellectual property.

About the author

Lawrence Lessig is a professor at Stanford Law School and the founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. The author of "The Future of Ideas and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace," he is the chair of the Creative Commons project (www.creativecommons.org). A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Cambridge University, and Yale Law School, he has clerked for Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
• Author: Lawrence Lessig
• Publisher: Penguin Group US, 2008
• ISBN: 1440634629, 9781440634628
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Law / Computer & Internet