Lawrence Lessig

crime by using information and be subjected to lawsuits, despite good intentions. Lawrence Lessig’s three proposals for copyright changes are key concepts facing issues like this. It is crucial we pay attention because our cultural future is in jeopardy. In Lawrence Lessig’s article “For the Love of Culture”, he explains his concern that our copyright laws are hampering our opportunity to learn about our past. Lessig gives us a good example in the beginning about a daughter of a late great American

‘remix culture’ that redefine the way the world is perceived through the reproduction and recyclability of their works and the works of others. Remix culture, or ‘read-write culture’ , lets people generate “art as readily as they consume it” . In Lawrence Lessig’s book Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, he argues that the contemporary generation’s form of ‘literacy’ is technologically-based . In this contemporary society, technology plays a significant role in the appropriation

Fortunately, many solutions have been implemented to mitigate the negative repercussions of phishing, hacking, and piracy. For example, Anti-phishing software provides safety to consumers online by warning and preventing them from entering phishing websites. To consumer 's conveniences, anti-phishing software have been installed into most web browsers and email clients. Extensions and toolbars such as Netcraft can also augment the efficacy of successfully identifying phishing attempts. (***) In

Once upon a time there were gripping tales shared between generation to generation and continuously passed down. The listener 's focus was on the story’s message and not its possible profit allowed those listeners to live happily ever after. Storytelling began long ago traditionally told orally before there was a shift to written stories and eventually as technology developed became a digital market. Some of the most famous digitalized tales are fairy tales. Previous to digital development, copyright

been developed which addresses many of these issues in an effort to encourage new creative development through the open sharing of intellectual property. (Lessig) There are many issues with the current copyright laws that exist in the Canada and the United States today. Many critics of these laws like, Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig; believe that current copyright laws only exist to protect entrenched, and often uncreative interests at the expense of everyone else. (Plotkin) In the United

On December 30, 2015, Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law and Ethics at Harvard University, who had announced his candidacy for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination the previous month, told the Wall Street Journal that, “…When push comes to shove, if certain services are not available to you because of privacy restrictions, you back out of restrictions…Where I can protect privacy at very low cost, people will want to protect privacy” (The CIO Report RSS). Lessig was referring to the controversial

Who really owns ideas, and how long should they hold them? When does Fair Use become Theft and vice versa? Those are the question raised in Brett Gaylor's documentary RiP: A Remix Manifesto, raises alarms for those who think copyright holders have become too aggressive about protecting their intellectual property. The documentary highlights the popular music artist known as Girl Talk. Girl Talk consists of one man named Gregg Gillis and he takes parts from different songs (usually popular ones)

How to Not Follow Copyright Law: An Exploratory Essay on Copyright and Remix Culture As time goes by, the rate at which art changes increases at a seemly exponential rate. Our culture has more ways than ever to publish and distribute the things we make, and with the rise of the internet we can reach any audience with a Wi-Fi connection. This digital hyper-connectivity has led many artists to create new forms of art, some of which have gone on to start trends and cultures. One of these cultures that

Payment card industries must follow step-by-step instructions in order to have transactions accepted. So why do these demanding standards work? As Larry Lessig mentions in Code is Law, there are four areas that influence policy: law, economy, architecture, and social norms. Working on a sole standard together for security benefits everyone and is thus economical because the cost of losing customer data

Introduction Over the last decade, technology initiatives have been passed, and schools are trying to find ways to accomplish those goals. At the same time, teachers are not being educated in the standards of technology use, and they are using the tools incorrectly. As the demand for digitizing schools increases, the request for technology coaches is growing as well to help fix the issues teachers are experiencing. In the following scenarios, each teacher experience problems using technology ethically