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1) The document discusses the shift from a "Read Only" culture dominated by centralized production and distribution to a more participatory "Read Write" culture enabled by the internet and digital technologies. 2) It contrasts the perspectives of John Philip Sousa, who feared a centralized commercial music industry, and the modern culture of collaboration and remixing. 3) The author argues that copyright law needs to balance the interests of the Read Only culture that incentivizes creation with the Read Write culture that values sharing and participation.

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Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in a Hybrid Economy Lawrence Lessig Part 1: Cultures
Preface Copyright is critically Copyright laws important to a healthy create the incentives culture. to produce great new works that otherwise Properly balanced, it is would not be produced essential to inspiring certain forms of creativity. The inspiration for this book is the copyright wars, by which right - thinking sorts mean not the war on copyright waged by pirates but the war on piracy, which threatens the survival of certain important American industries. (xv)
Copyright Wars Not actual con鍖icts of survival Wars of survival for certain businesses and business models Other values are affected by this war We must make sure this war doesnt cost more than it is worth. We must be sure it is winnable, or winnable at a price were willing to pay. (xvi) Technology enables us to create and spread creative work differently from how it was created and spread before What kind of moral platform will sustain our kids, when their ordinary behaviour is deemed criminal? Who will they become? (xvii)
John Philip Sousa Famous American He was not entitled to composer any royalties from his recordings Known for his marches; Washington Post and Stars and Stripes Companies that sold Forever recorded versions of songs were not required to pay the songwriters 1906 testi鍖ed before Congress to complain about the existing Sousa considered this a form of piracy copyright laws
Shifting Cultures A move from local Sousa did not like amateur sub- cultures to a centralized concept of highly produced recorded music authoritative culture He feared a the distinction between centralized the culture that Sousa commercially produced feared and the one that he and controlled music embraced as; culture Read Only culture and Read Write culture
Read/Only Culture When a society is less practiced in performance, or amateur creativity, and more RCA corporation -Viacom comfortable with simple consumption. (28) Control Production Distribution Platform
Read/Write Culture When ordinary citizens read their culture by listening to it or by Linux - Wikipedia reading representations of it. They add to the The code that built the culture they read by Net came from a sharing creating and re-creating economy. (163) the culture around them. (28) Collaboration Remix Culture
Cultures Compared Amateur vs. Professional The balance that existed between Read Only and Read Write culture, has Values been altered Education The internet has created a a cultural shift towards Money a Read Write society The Purpose of Law Further implications
Context Fundamental Concepts of the Digital Age - Legal and Cultural The Language of New Media - Lev Manovich Hybrid creativity - Hybrid economies Building on History and Theory - Computing and Networking - Creativity and Commerce Recent legislation is an attempt to reconcile differences between the Read Write Culture and the earlier Read Only culture
Questions Can you think of examples of some read/write or read only cultures? Can you think of any instances of a clash of these two cultural interests? Is there an inherent con鍖ict between read/only and read/ write cultures? What should law makers do? What kinds of laws could be written in an attempt to create a balanced and fair intellectual property system for the digital age?

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  • 1. Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in a Hybrid Economy Lawrence Lessig Part 1: Cultures
  • 2. Preface Copyright is critically Copyright laws important to a healthy create the incentives culture. to produce great new works that otherwise Properly balanced, it is would not be produced essential to inspiring certain forms of creativity. The inspiration for this book is the copyright wars, by which right - thinking sorts mean not the war on copyright waged by pirates but the war on piracy, which threatens the survival of certain important American industries. (xv)
  • 3. Copyright Wars Not actual con鍖icts of survival Wars of survival for certain businesses and business models Other values are affected by this war We must make sure this war doesnt cost more than it is worth. We must be sure it is winnable, or winnable at a price were willing to pay. (xvi) Technology enables us to create and spread creative work differently from how it was created and spread before What kind of moral platform will sustain our kids, when their ordinary behaviour is deemed criminal? Who will they become? (xvii)
  • 4. John Philip Sousa Famous American He was not entitled to composer any royalties from his recordings Known for his marches; Washington Post and Stars and Stripes Companies that sold Forever recorded versions of songs were not required to pay the songwriters 1906 testi鍖ed before Congress to complain about the existing Sousa considered this a form of piracy copyright laws
  • 5. Shifting Cultures A move from local Sousa did not like amateur sub- cultures to a centralized concept of highly produced recorded music authoritative culture He feared a the distinction between centralized the culture that Sousa commercially produced feared and the one that he and controlled music embraced as; culture Read Only culture and Read Write culture
  • 6. Read/Only Culture When a society is less practiced in performance, or amateur creativity, and more RCA corporation -Viacom comfortable with simple consumption. (28) Control Production Distribution Platform
  • 7. Read/Write Culture When ordinary citizens read their culture by listening to it or by Linux - Wikipedia reading representations of it. They add to the The code that built the culture they read by Net came from a sharing creating and re-creating economy. (163) the culture around them. (28) Collaboration Remix Culture
  • 8. Cultures Compared Amateur vs. Professional The balance that existed between Read Only and Read Write culture, has Values been altered Education The internet has created a a cultural shift towards Money a Read Write society The Purpose of Law Further implications
  • 9. Context Fundamental Concepts of the Digital Age - Legal and Cultural The Language of New Media - Lev Manovich Hybrid creativity - Hybrid economies Building on History and Theory - Computing and Networking - Creativity and Commerce Recent legislation is an attempt to reconcile differences between the Read Write Culture and the earlier Read Only culture
  • 10. Questions Can you think of examples of some read/write or read only cultures? Can you think of any instances of a clash of these two cultural interests? Is there an inherent con鍖ict between read/only and read/ write cultures? What should law makers do? What kinds of laws could be written in an attempt to create a balanced and fair intellectual property system for the digital age?