Week I- Reading

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What I gleaned from this week’s reading is that copyright is a problematic issue, because the producers of media do not understand how to deal with the digital age.  Part of it is the fact that the current business models they use are based on a world where the ability to create media only belongs the professionals, and not to everyone. This is no longer the case, as Larry Lessig says in Good Copy, Bad Copy, as well as his Ted Talks presentation all you need in the digital age is a $1500 computer and you can create media that looks as professional.

The truth of the matter is that the media industries are reacting out of fear, and choking the creativity of a new generation, simply because at a basic level do not understand the way that this new generation creates.  For example in Good Copy Bad Copy when they interviewed Dan Glickman the head of the MPAA when he discussed the opposition’s ideology he seemed more patronizing than respectful. I believe that copyright, and the very means of production need to be revamped to better meet the needs not only of the creators, but the consumer as well. Creative Commons is a step right direction I do not know if it is the ultimate solution, that may be a couple of decades off, but it is definitely a step in the right direction.