Lawrence Lessig

January 8, 2009 Nailing

 * has written a book about how our copyright laws are outdated, which sounds to Stephen like a great idea for a book


 * book "Remix:"


 * a hybrid economy
 * a free-share economy (remixing) like flickr (the users do the work, flickr makes the money)
 * taking work and remixing it


 * totally failed war
 * for 10 years artists have gotten no money
 * businesses aren't making more money
 * kids are becoming criminals


 * Congress cannot do a thing about it


 * 24 laws in 10 years to deal this problem


 * wants Congress to focus on real issues


 * Stephen remade Lessig's book to give it more value if it were sold on eBay than what other copies could get on Amazon


 * Stephen warns the Heroes not to remix the interview to a dance mix


 * copyright is eternal


 * artistic socialism


 * the system works for Stephen