Comments on: Lessig’s call for a “simple blanket license” in Remix

By: Kembrew McLeod on copyright and hip-hop sampling

Kembrew McLeod on copyright and hip-hop sampling — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:02:38 +0000

[...] “Lessig’s call for a ‘simple blanket license’ in Remix“, Adam Thierer [...]

By: Nothing left to lose – the ongoing war on copyrights :: Law on the Row

Nothing left to lose – the ongoing war on copyrights :: Law on the Row — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:40:08 +0000

[...] Lessig’s call for a “simple blanket license” in Remix, by Adam Thierer [...]

By: book review: Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget

book review: Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:25:24 +0000

[...] to remix first-order expression? To be clear, I am not against remix; I made that clear here when commenting on Lessig’s book of the same name. But I generally side with those whose adoration and amazement [...]

By: The Most Important Tech Policy Books of 2008 | The Technology Liberation Front

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:07:54 +0000

[...] that latter problem, he endorses a “simple” blanket licensing scheme for the Internet. In this essay, I addressed why blanket online licensing would be anything but [...]

By: Nothing left to lose – the ongoing war on copyrights « Law on the Row

Nothing left to lose – the ongoing war on copyrights « Law on the Row — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:00:34 +0000

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By: A Blanket License for Music Soon To Arrive? | The Technology Liberation Front

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:39:58 +0000

[...] Thierer has noted that Larry Lessig has endorsed at least a voluntary version of this idea, but Adam has raised a [...]

By: Tim Lee

Tim Lee — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:09:18 +0000

Great post Adam.

By: Tim Lee

Tim Lee — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:09:18 +0000

Great post Adam.

By: Tim Lee

Tim Lee — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:09:18 +0000

Great post Adam.

By: Jayel Aheram

Jayel Aheram — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:39:50 +0000

Thanks for the paper by Castle and Mitchell.

That is one of the things that disappoints me about Lessig is that while he generally has the right idea regarding the remix culture, copyrights, and other IP issues, the solutions he offers almost always require state coercion to make it work!

I currently reading "The Future of Ideas" and I find myself nodding in agreement for most of it, but then uttering, "God damn it, Lessig" and shaking my head at yet another governmental solution.

Sigh.

By: Adam Thierer

Adam Thierer — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:04 +0000

If you are interested in this subject, I also recommend that you read "What's Wrong with ISP Music Licensing" by copyright gurus Chris Castle and Amy Mitchell.