Sunday, May 1, 2011

blog #12



1) "Work successfully licensed in a commercial economy can also be freely available in a sharing economy." This reminds me of how Girl talk was using mostly everything illegally that was not licensed.  It wasn't licensed successfully in a commercial economy but he shares his music with everyone.


2) The movie mentions quoting like remixing.  Which is exactly how Lessig talks about remixing also.  Everyone uses quotes, and in class sometimes we get in trouble if we don't reference it.  But we are using those quotes freely, to broaden our knowledge of a certain subject and to help others understand our opinions better.  I remember when the guy who made the movie mentions that his whole movie is basically illegal.  But he made it anyway.  But it helps so much people understand copyright laws and how our laws now are so outdated.  It shouldn't be illegal if it helps others so much.


3)  Lessig talks about how our laws are very outdated and need to be updated.  The culture that we live in is booming with the younger generation remixing and using technology the way it is suppose to be used.  They are sharing everything and remixing anything given to them.  They are adapting at such a fast pace that our laws and rules now will only hinder their advancements.  Just like how girl talk can work his day job and then become a dj outside of his work, so can other people all over the world.  People enjoy his music, so why stop him.  He was mentioning how his music was starting to get so big that he might need to hold of on his next album.  Even his family is scared for him to get caught.  They don't really know everything that he does, but they know it isnt illegal.  Lessig wants us to see that our laws are holding people back from their potential in sharing and advancing communities with their knowledge.  Not only will we create more hybrid economies but we will be able to use every tool around us to the fullest, with less limitations.  Just like how Sousa was shocked when Currier told him that the law already went to far in saying we couldn't sing in public.  We really need to update our laws.







blog #11

     Commercial economy – an economy in which money or “price” is a central term of the ordinary, or normal, exchange. Like a local record store for example, or buying a dvd at walmart for a certain price.  For example, Lessig talks about how you don't argue about walmarts price for a juice thats 2$ and something cents.  You just pay for it because that is what walmart believes is the right price for that particular product.
      
      Sharing Economy – where access to culture is regulated not by price, but by a complex set of social relations.  These social relations are not simple. Insulted by the simplicity of price.  Josh's example of sharing his dvds for free, and everyone reading Lessigs book.  Basically when Lessig was on the plane and asked to rent a illegally downloaded dvd for 5 dollars, Josh got mad.  He said that he would let him watch it for free.  He doesn't collect movies to make money off of it.  So basically this is a great example of sharing economy.  Like me giving a friend a ride if he or she buys me lunch. 
      

      Where commercial is all about the term "price"  sharing is anything but "price."  I think Lessig mentioned both these economies so he can talk about how websites have taken sharing economy to a whole new level.  Not only are you sharing information with everyone with access to the internet, but you are learning also from other people.  Take wikipedia for example.  I know this example is used a lot but wikipedia is a great example of how a sharing economy works.  Lessig wanted us to understand both economies so we can better understand hybrid economies like netflix and youtube who use both but don't let one overpower the other to much to take away from the sharing economy.  For example youtube is free for everyone to share videos and comment, the more the better, but now ads are being used.  But they are sure to keep advertisement as minimal as possible so the experience from the users are not hindered.