Everything That’s Wrong with Patent and Copyright Laws in One Brilliant Video

Everything is a Remix Part 4 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Our system of law doesn’t acknowledge the derivative nature of creativity. Instead, ideas are regarded as property, as unique and original lots with distinct boundaries. But ideas aren’t so tidy. They’re layered, they’re interwoven, they’re tangled. And when the system conflicts with the reality… the system starts to fail.

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