June 9, 2006...4:43 am
Lessig calls for an end to “extreme” copyright laws
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Prof Lessig is a founder of Creative Commons, a framework of copyright licenses which allows creators share and protect their work, with arrangements for non-commercial use.
He outlined how the right balance needed to be found between the rights of the artist and the creativity of web users for re-using material.
This was far from a dry law lecture, as Prof Lessig illustrated the potential for the digital age - taking people beyond just being "couch potato" consumers of culture, but with the tools to remix and repackage it.
Read more about Lawrence Lessig's thoughts on copyright from the BBC Technology News.
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