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Remix
Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy

Lawrence Lessig

Publication October 2008
Paperback: 352 pages
ISBN: 978-1408113479
Price: £12.99
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'Lessig... has written a splendid combative manifesto – pungent, witty and persuasive.'
Financial Times

'Lessig...is a lawyer who gets things changed not for the benefit of corporations but to unleash the creative potential of ordinary people in a digital age.'
The Guardian

'Lessig's proposals for revising copyright are compelling, because they rethink intellectual property rights without abandoning them.'
Briefly Noted The New Yorker

'... Lessig is surely right that digital culture requires governance that is more subtle and ecological, judging a balance of forces between commerce and community, than precise and draconian.'
Books of the Week, The Independent

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Is burning a mix CD for a friend an expression of creativity or a criminal offence?
Copyright laws were originally put in place to protect artists. However, today they seem mainly to serve corporate interests and effectively prohibit further creativity. In Remix, Lawrence Lessig highlights how these copyright laws may potentially criminalise our own children – the generation who don’t think twice about burning CDs, ‘biting’ riffs from films, videos and songs to make new art – and indeed anyone else who creates, enjoys or sells any art form.

Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the digital world, advocates a solution which rests not on abolishing copyright but applying it where it was intended – namely in the commercial sphere. He explains:

• how the new collaborative yet profitable ‘hybrid economy’ based on a ‘read-write’ culture works;
• how it will become ever more prominent in every creative realm – from news to music;
• how we can and should use it to benefit those who make and consume art.
  

Remix is more than an authoritative statement on copyright in the 21st century. It is an eloquent plea to decriminalise that which comes naturally to young people and to untie the shackles that prevent us creating and using our culture. Tremendous opportunities are out there in the ‘hybrid economy’ for those who are prepared to embrace it.

The Author

Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the School’s Center for Internet and Society. He is the author of Free Culture, The Future of Ideas and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, and he is a columnist at Wired. Lessig was named one of Scientific American’s Top 50 Visionaries as well as being listed as one of Business Week’s “eBiz 25” – the magazine roundup of the twenty-five most influential people in electronic business.

Winner of the Monaco Media Prize 2008
http://lessig.org

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