Consumer Law

Prof. Larry Lessig Releases New Book on the Internet Called "Remix"

By Brian Wolfman

Stanford law prof and Internet philosopher Larry Lessig has released his latest book on the Internet and the folly and danger of using 20th century constructs such as copyright to regulate it. Lessig's website on the book says this:

For more than a decade, we?ve been waging a war on our kids in the name of the 20th Century?s model of ?copyright law.? In this, the last of his books about copyright, Lawrence Lessig maps both a way back to the 19th century, and to the promise of the 21st. Our past teaches us about the value in ?remix.? We need to relearn the lesson. The present teaches us about the potential in a new ?hybrid economy? ? one where commercial entities leverage value from sharing economies. That future will benefit both commerce and community. If the lawyers could get out of the way, it could be a future we could celebrate.

U.S. PIRG's consumer blog has this nice write-up.

Full post as published by CL&P Blog on October 18, 2008 (boomark / email).