On May 15, 2009 Prof. Lawrence Lessig spoke at the Heinrich Böll Foundation's "Spielstand Spezial" event on Copyright Wars. Enjoyment and Discomfort in a Digital Culture.
The following MP3 files are subject to a Creative Commons license:
download / listen (MP3, 31 min 44, 45 MB)
Listen to the questions & answers session that followed Prof. Lessig's presentation:
- A Web of Creativities vs. Creative Control
There can be no one copyright model for all forms of content. Science, arts, journalism will have to develop rules appropriate for their respective fields.
download / listen (MP3, 11 min 36, 16 MB) - Piracy and Copyleft
The difference between software and content on the web
download / listen (MP3, 11 min 18, 16 MB) - The Crisis of the Newspaper Industry
Is the crisis of the newspaper industry caused by the ubiquity of free or pirated content? Why has newspapers' business model failed - and can there be new models?
download / listen (MP3, 12 min 54, 18 MB) - Multiple Issues: Creative Commons / Corruption
Lawrence Lessig explains his recent shift of focus from copyright issues to the question of corruption in politics.
download / listen (MP3, 11 min 46, 16,5 MB) - Network Neutrality / Content Flatrate & Why the EU Parliament Needs to Show More Self-Respect
The rules governing questions of access content and copyright ought not to be made by lobbyists.
download / listen (MP3, 16 min 12, 23 MB) - The Impact of the Obama Administration on Questions of Intellectual Property
Plus: The crisis of the music industry vs. the crisis of journalism
download / listen (MP3, 11 min 30, 16 MB)
Prof. Lawrence Lessig's latest book Remix. Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy was published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available as a Creative Commons-licensed PDF file.