The DMCA and Digital Technology
This Application will help you understand the role of DMCA and digital technology.
- View the video “On Free, and the Differences Between Culture and Code” by Lawrence Lessig on website.
- Based on the video, answer the following questions:
- What is the ideological commitment of Lawrence Lessig and the Creative Commons (CC) licenses as opposed to the values represented in the DMCA?
- What is the threat to culture by a “read-only world,” and how do the CC licenses provided by Lessing address this threat?
- Would this debate have been possible without digital technology? Why or why not?
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