Thursday, November 5, 2009
What IS the argument in "Some Like it Hot?"
In his article, Lessig argues that piracy will always exist and the only solution is to modify the laws to make this piracy as fair to everyone as possible. He explains how television, movies, and radio were all formed out of piracy. The laws eventually caught up with these newly pirated industries and regulated it so that those who deserved the credit for the pirated objects received it, while the industry was still allowed to continue. He explains how these acts of piracy grew tremendously and became the huge industries that we have today. He points out that while piracy is illegal, and should be so, we should not completely look down upon all acts of piracy as some of the most important entertainment media were born from them. Instead we should allow these new ideas to grow and expand while limiting them slightly so everything is fair to all those involved. Lessig specifically points out a more recent inventions that allows for piracy as a possible new important industry, P2P sharing. P2P sharing allows the sharing of music and videos over the Internet. This software does include piracy though because anyone can download these files for free and the authors do not receive anything for it. This new software has cause a hugh uproar with the government trying to stop it while millions of people take advantage of its ease of access and cheap prices. Lessig says that maybe P2P should not be stopped and prohibited, but instead just regulated and soon we may have a new method for the producing, selling, and buying of media files. Piracy is a criminal act, however sometimes the best inventions come out of it. While we should condemn those who pirate material, we should also recognize the potential in some of these ideas.
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