Remix : : making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy / / Lawrence Lessig.

• VerfasserIn: Lessig, Lawrence,
• Place / Publishing House: London, England : : Bloomsbury,, [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war-a war waged against our children and others who create and consume art. 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 criminalises those very actions. By embracing "read-write culture," which allows its users to create art as readily as they consume it, we can ensure that creators get the support-artistic, commer

Table of Contents

REMIX; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: CULTURES; ONE: CULTURES OF OUR PAST; TWO: CULTURES OF OUR FUTURE; THREE: RO, EXTENDED; FOUR: RW, REVIVED; FIVE: CULTURES COMPARED; PART TWO: ECONOMIES; SIX: TWO ECONOMIES: COMMERCIAL AND SHARING; SEVEN: HYBRID ECONOMIES; EIGHT: ECONOMY LESSONS; PART THREE: ENABLING THE FUTURE; NINE: REFORMING LAW; TEN: REFORMING US; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; INDEX