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Who Owns Culture?
This is probably old news for all you New Yorkers, but in March the New York Public Library hosted a conversation called "Who Owns Culture?" with songwriter Jeff Tweedy, of Wilco, and Lawrence Lessig - copyright lawyer, chairman of Creative Commons and my drinking buddy (not really). Carrie's headache, Steven Johnson, serves as a moderator. The downloadable video includes a presentation by Lawrence Lessig that's worth watching if you want a good overview on the whole copyright thing. On whole the conversation covers a lot of interesting ground. And Steven Johnson isn't so bad as a moderator either.
Posted by Steve Lambert on 06/21/2005 | Permalink
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I'm downloading the mp3 files now. Curious that there isn't a file marked as "01." Maybe there's some meaning to the file-numbering system that will be evident after listening.
Posted by: Shawn | Jun 22, 2005 4:37:40 AM
The discussion validly attacks the outcome of today's legal battle and begs the question... Do we want a culture that feels like it's illegal to listen to music? The final portion of the discussion leads into the irony of holding this discussion in a Library... people sharing and reading books for free? Open access to information? What a crazy concept.
Posted by: webmaster | Aug 31, 2005 6:04:20 PM
