[txt] In Defense of Piracy – Lawrence Lessig on Wall Street journal online
[book] Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy by Lawrence Lessig
The return of this “remix” culture could drive extraordinary economic growth, if encouraged, and properly balanced. It could return our culture to a practice that has marked every culture in human history – save a few in the developed world for much of the 20th century – where many create as well as consume. And it could inspire a deeper, much more meaningful practice of learning for a generation that has no time to read a book, but spends scores of hours each week listening, or watching or creating, media.
