Lawrence Lessig TED Lecture

This heartfelt speech by Lessig is a well-framed argument and the solution of a balanced system of copyright, all without mentioning his own Creative Commons licensing system. Some words I particularly like from this:

"It's not about left and right, its about right and wrong"

There is extremism on both sides e.g.

Auto-takedown of content from Youtube which has any C material in it, 
without considering fair use at all. 

A generation who rejects copyright and believes the law be a nuisance

Balance
Policy makers will not understand until its too late. Solution:

We don't have a public domain, so artists should choose how their content is used and businesses should embrace this through neutral platforms. More free can then compete with less free.

(On a generation of creators)
"We made mixtapes, they remix. We watched TV, they make TV."
You cant kill the instinct technology produces, you can only criminalise it.

"We can't make our kids passive again, we can only make them pirates"