Larry
Lessig throws a temper tantrum on the Grokster decision in
the latest issue of Wired.
Here's my favorite quote:
"Innovation will continue to suffer"? Larry? In what countries is innovation suffering? IN THOSE WITH WEAK OR NONEXISTENT IP PROTECTION!
Show me evidence that innovation is suffering in the U.S., Larry. Jeez. You're always whining, Larry. Whining one minute about too many patents, and whining the next minute about innovation "suffering."
Jeez, Larry. Nine to zero. Deal with it.
When are you going to accept the fact that YOU ARE WRONG. You (personally) lost Eldred. You (your side) lost Grokster. KaZaa just lost in Australia. The DMCA is pretty good law. The Congress can make copyright length whatever duration it chooses for utilitarian purposes. Technological attempts to crack legitimate IP protections are ILLEGAL.
Property is good. Intellectual property is good. Exclusion is good. Stealing is bad.
Copying isn't innovation. Copying and pasting isn't innovation. Remixing isn't invention. Sampling isn't invention.
There is still such a thing as origination, such a thing as an original idea and an original invention. Those of you who have apparently decided that all original ideas are over, and that the only thing left is to copy, paste, and remix ARE WRONG. It's actually a very negative view of the future, if you think about it. Actually, it's nihilism, now that I think of it.
Larry Lessig, the IP Nihilist.
You always claim to believe in intellectual property (apparently some amorphous, Platonic ideal of intellectual property), but you rail against every specific application of IP except those you invent.
Today, more than ever, invention and innovation matter. Stop working against it. Stop advocating policies that make it easier to remix at the expense of far more important things.
Stop celebrating the pirate. Stop confusing borrowing and reusing with innovation and creativity. Stop redefining terms.
I have news for you: The inventor or creator has an inherent right to own that which he or she creates. It's not just in the Constitution--it's in human nature, and you can't change it. Now, the desire to take what you want from others without compensation is ALSO in human nature--but it's the dark side of human nature. Whose side do YOU want to be on?
Here's my favorite quote:
Innovation will continue to suffer unless someone on the Court finds a way to wake up the other justices.
"Innovation will continue to suffer"? Larry? In what countries is innovation suffering? IN THOSE WITH WEAK OR NONEXISTENT IP PROTECTION!
Show me evidence that innovation is suffering in the U.S., Larry. Jeez. You're always whining, Larry. Whining one minute about too many patents, and whining the next minute about innovation "suffering."
Jeez, Larry. Nine to zero. Deal with it.
When are you going to accept the fact that YOU ARE WRONG. You (personally) lost Eldred. You (your side) lost Grokster. KaZaa just lost in Australia. The DMCA is pretty good law. The Congress can make copyright length whatever duration it chooses for utilitarian purposes. Technological attempts to crack legitimate IP protections are ILLEGAL.
Property is good. Intellectual property is good. Exclusion is good. Stealing is bad.
Copying isn't innovation. Copying and pasting isn't innovation. Remixing isn't invention. Sampling isn't invention.
There is still such a thing as origination, such a thing as an original idea and an original invention. Those of you who have apparently decided that all original ideas are over, and that the only thing left is to copy, paste, and remix ARE WRONG. It's actually a very negative view of the future, if you think about it. Actually, it's nihilism, now that I think of it.
Larry Lessig, the IP Nihilist.
You always claim to believe in intellectual property (apparently some amorphous, Platonic ideal of intellectual property), but you rail against every specific application of IP except those you invent.
Today, more than ever, invention and innovation matter. Stop working against it. Stop advocating policies that make it easier to remix at the expense of far more important things.
Stop celebrating the pirate. Stop confusing borrowing and reusing with innovation and creativity. Stop redefining terms.
I have news for you: The inventor or creator has an inherent right to own that which he or she creates. It's not just in the Constitution--it's in human nature, and you can't change it. Now, the desire to take what you want from others without compensation is ALSO in human nature--but it's the dark side of human nature. Whose side do YOU want to be on?
By the way, Larry, at the Aspen Summit a couple of weeks ago, even Pamela Samuelson said that SHE agreed with the Grokster decision. So it's nine to zero against you, Larry, and you don't even have Pam with you.