Lawrence Lessig: Remix

Lawrence Lessig is the founding father of the Creative Commons License… one of the most radical and influential ideas in the history of copyright. A staunch supporter of the idea that sampling, remixing, and creating new art from existing art is the lifeblood of modern creativity (aside: look into the works of Pablo Picasso, Roy Liechtenstein, and Andy Warhol for while this should not be a new idea).

Lessig has recently released a new book, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy,  as a “final” opus on the subject as he moves away from 10 years of copyright activism and into a discussion of the corruption of our political system (note that I did not say corruption in our political system) .

This video, above, is from a recent interview between Lessig and Haight Street’s The Booksmith in San Francisco. For the uninitiated, this recent interview with Lessig is a nice introduction to the plague of copyright in the digital age. For those familiar with the Stanford Law professor’s thought patterns, it’s a nice introduction to his future endeavors.

Bonus: You can watch the whole interview here, here, and here.
Also: Check out the Eclectic Method remix of Lawrence Lessig’s interview on The Colbert Report.