TED Talk

  Last night as I laid in bed dying I watched Larry Lessig's video for the third time.  Every time I watched the video I was attempting to multitask and wasn't really grasping anything from it all.  I had heard of copyright before but I never really thought about how our youth was recreating other artists pieces of art.  I'm sure you've heard the saying  "finders keepers losers weepers" before… that is kind of my view on the situation.  I think the internet is a dangerous place and I think that if you can find it on the internet its basically a free for all.  The internet is a great place to let your work travel with the downside of someone else taking it (for free) and reusing it (maybe making it better). I believe one hundred percent that the original artist should receive credit for what they've done but I don't believe that we should be shunned for remaking, remixing, recreating, etc.  Like Lessig said, if this software is being made then why wouldn't we show off our skills and creativity?