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A Reply To Lessig

A prominent issue Lessig discusses is the importance of harvesting creativity without disrespecting the law. He brings up the extreme laws regarding piracy on the internet. He does not refer to what we immediately perceive as piracy such as downloading music illegally or watching movies on Pirate bay. What Lessig talks about is the use a verse from a song, or an addition to a graphic created 10 years ago, or any other activity that builds off something already created, therefore becoming an entirely new thing. He refers to our generation as the "Read Write" generation. A generation with unlimited resources to pull from and harvest for new and innovative creations. I agree with Lessig that taking making something new while using old sound bytes, images or even contemporary images/sound bytes is not piracy. After all, what song was not inspired by songs before it? What movie themes were not thought of already in countless other films? Creating something from already created material is no different. There should be legislation passed that allows for the use of material to be used in ways such as art that bring about something new and fresh. This does not include the ripping and recreation of something exactly the same, a clone so to speak, but something that has been made original. Thus the youth can be creators without being criminals and respect the law for its rationality.

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A Day in Old City

    Philadelphia would not be complete without a trip into Old City, America's home ground. The adventure began with a ride on the subway.  My good friend Jalen, a native of Philly, came with me and helped navigate certain iconic sights i wished to see.  Born and raised in the city of brotherly love, Jalen knows his way around the streets and basically led me on a personal tour of Old City.
             The first main event of the day was watching a car get towed on a side street behind Christ Church.  Not long after we made our way past the church taking pictures here and there getting the feel of one of our country's oldest cities.  Past ye olde pubs and coffee houses we went appreciating the fine architecture and unique buildings.  We then headed toward the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.  After I was patted down from head to toe and every crevice of my backpack searched, we made our way past scattered foreign tourists to the famous bell.  I came upon it suddenly with pictures flashing and people standing next to the bell as though a celebrity.  I quickly brought out my pen and drew a quick sketch of the bell on a brochure I previously grabbed.
        Lingering here as long as we could (it was freezing out there) we read some dry-stretched out historic facts about the Liberty Bell.  Having enough we left the visitor's center stomachs growling.  We grabbed a bite to eat at a little restaurant called Cosi.  After lunch we went to the Portrait Gallery in the Second Bank of the United States where old white faces looked back at us.  Some familiar, others not at all.  I drew another quick sketch on yet another brochure of the beautiful columns in the interior.  The basement was pretty creepy with old stones and bricks lining the wall with cut out 18th century figures leaning on them.  I drew another quick sketch of the creepy basement and then got the heck out of there.
           The narrow and cobble-stone streets of Old City brought me to another time.  I imagined heavy wooded wheels rolling over the stones, voices of men and women in polite conversation, and bells constantly ringing.  Jalen's father was at the convention center with a booth set up for U.S. Passports so naturally we tried to sneak in and visit him.  We did not get in, but we got to pass Reading Terminal Market where I drew my second to last sketch of a unique building top.  On a mission to find Cherry and Broad, Jalen and I searched Center City.  Finally, we found Cherry street to visit the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  Inside was a beautiful museum with many historic, huge, and iconic paintings.  Most I previously seen in history book and never knew these great paintings were right here in Philadelphia! After we headed home on the Broad Street line where i frantically completed my last sketch of the subway doors.  Before long, we were back on campus with the familiar smell of sewer and smoke ahh Temple University!