Lessig plädiert für Read/Write Internet

Auf Internetnews.com gibt es einen Artikel über eine Rede von Lawrence Lessig auf der Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco: Lessig Makes Plea For Read/Write Internet.

There are laws governing so-called „fair use“ of content for satirical and other uses such as news reporting. „Fair use is important but it’s not enough,“ said Lessig. In the next five years we have the opportunity to make it continue, but right now fair use is the right to hire a lawyer. In 10 years [if current trends hold] … unless you’re a hacker, you won’t have the opportunity to fair-use access.
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„All the innovation is being done by kids and non-Americans,“ he said to laughs and applause from the audience. „Innovation is at the edge of the network.“