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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