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Laws that choke creativity | Larry Lessig

TED · talk · Watch on YouTube

Law, policing & justiceFree speech, censorship & civil liberties

What it is

Larry Lessig's TED talk argues that copyright law chokes creativity, drawing on John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the ASCAP cartel to make the case for reviving remix culture.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in copyright, patent and SOPA threads as a clear case for copyright reform.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2012

What HN commenters said

  1. “I like this TED video on this”

    TED talk on copyright reform and creativity.

    nextparadigms, 2011-07 · Recommendation · in “The 'intellectual property' oxymoron”

  2. “Here is some sound reasoning on the topic from Larry Lessig”

    Sound reasoning from Lessig on how law strangles creativity.

    joelhaus, 2011-08 · Recommendation · in “Why software patents are not fixable ”

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Topics: larry lessig, copyright, remix culture, ted, creative commons

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