Thomas Jefferson considered protecting the public against overly long monopolies on creative works an essential government role. The original term of copyright set by the First Congress in 1790 was 14 years, renewable once. For more than two hundred years, laws in America have sought a balance between rewarding creativity and allowing the borrowing from which new creativity springs. Check out a brief summary of Free Culture and download his book below:Īll creative works-books, movies, records, software, and so on-are a compromise between what can be imagined and what is possible-technologically and legally. This allows for distribution under non commercial purposes. Professor Lessig has made this work, as well as his other books available for free download under a creative commons license. This week we are showcasing Free Culture by Larry Lessig. Free Book of the Month: Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture
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