1:The first connection that i saw between the movie and the reading was that they both discussed the limitations that the past has on what we can do now. Both talked about how modern copyright laws are restrictive and out of touch with the times, tailored to an era before the digital revolution allowed for freedom of distribution and the spreading of creativity. Lessig touches on this while discussing hybrid economies, while the movie thoroughly talks about this by following the remix artist Girl Talk
2:Another connection made by both Lessig and the film was the fact that the advances made by technology are here to stay. No matter how many laws are placed against remixing, it will continue to exist, driven to the underground. This is shown in Rip by the Brazilian company that broke medical patent laws in order to develop an aids medication that was affordable to their people. Lessig discussed this by going in depth about fan sites, specifically one about Harry Potter, that received legal actions by Warner.
3:The final connection is intellectual property. Both talk about the absurdity that somebody can have control over an idea to the extent that it inhibits the creativity of others. In the movie, companies are called out on how they constantly attempt to have greater control over properties and enforcing this control to excessive extents, such as the preschool that was threatened with legal action because they had painted Disney characters on their buildings. Lessig believes that such restrictions hinder the creative process of the populous and ill eventually lead to the stagnation of media.
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