Topic: Lawrence Lessig

Ideas Rule! (But Who Rules Ideas?)

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Should Art Be Outlawed if It's Remixed, Mashed-Up, or Sampled?

If you visit YouTube often enough, you might end up watching Superman or Simba from the Lion King singing, "Crank That," a song made popular on YouTube by the rapper Soulja Boy for its accompanying dance and various user-generated ...READ»

Lawrence Lessig on Creativity, Business, Money and Politics

"It's like an alcoholic that you realize, he's not just getting drunk on the weekends, he's got the bottle in his desk," said Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig before a cheering crowd at the W Hotel in San Francisco last night. The occasion of the gathering was Lessig's brand-new book, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.READ»

• Lessig: What Does Silicon Valley Want from Washington?

What Does Silicon Valley Want from Washington?

Fast Interview: Stanford professor Lawrence Lessig talks about his aborted run for Congress, the threat of a catastrophic network event, and who he's supporting for president.READ»

• The Curious Genius of Twitter

Should Inventing the Web Net You a Nobel?

In the UK, we’re rightly been celebrating the 15th anniversary of the invention of the World Wide Web, by one of our more modest geniuses, Tim Berners-Lee. As the Observer’s excellent net correspondent John McNaughton notes, ...READ»

Netroots Nation

Have you heard of Netroots Nation?   Netroots Nation is America's largest gathering of progressive bloggers. This year's convention, which will take place July 17-20 in Austin, TX, features more than 100 sessions focusing on ...READ»

Twenty Tweets #12

Steve Berlin Johnson has a lot to answer for today, well not really - but his injection of the topic "serendipity" began to follow nearly every segment of the tweet population I am following (and I am following only 24 people) - and ...READ»

YouTube and the Context of "Being Social"

As an anthropologist, Michael Wesch is providing a fascinating analysis of the shifts in society and culture that are already underway. In this video he shows how user generated content + user generated filtering + user generated ...READ»

Tone Deaf Chronicles: AP Knocks Shepard Fairey

Add another one to the annals of recent countercultural moments: Yesterday the Associated Press accused Shepard Fairey--the street artist who designed the most iconic user generated art to come out of the 2008 election--of copyright ...READ»

Fast Company Library

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The Dirty Little Secret About Spam

What J.P. Morgan Chase and Kraft want is exactly what the guys peddling porn and gambling want: free access to your inbox. That's why there's no easy solution to a problem that could soon make the world's email system crash and burn.READ»

Chapter Seven: From Ecology to Economy

Big Business and the Disconnect from ValueREAD»