The link for the TED talk can be found here. I found this presentation fantastic. Lessig, through 3 different parts presents a great argument.
In the first section he explains how one man was afraid that technology(voice recorders) would destroy society and essentially take away the need for vocal cords.
The second talks about how before 1945 it was law that your property extended upwards for an infinite amount of space, and how two farmers tried claiming that planes flying over head were trespassing. Eventually the court rules that this is ridiculous it is "Common Sense".
Finally in the third section he ties this all together with the example that current copy write laws are like the man afraid of technology. Companies like YouTube now take down posts/works that may even fall under fair use just because they use copyrighted material.
Lessig uses this argument to build the idea that a new form of copyrighted laws are going to be needed quickly as this younger generation uses more and more technology to rework, re-engineer, and revision previous work. By using the idea that maybe copyright laws should allow non-commercial use of works so that users can create freely. Overall this piece did a wonderful job of building background and completing his argument.
-Comrade Chris
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