Larry Lessig's talk on TED about how the law is choking creativity brought up some interesting perspective historically to the current infringement battles. The greatest of which, a struggle between broadcasters, can give us hope that history will repeat itself and competition will trump those who currently seek to suppress recreation of copyrighted material in new, not pirated forms.
In reality though, in this digital world where creativity is becoming more democratized by the second, there are simply to many leaks in the dam to hold back the waters. This is the way the world is moving, or as Lessig puts it, this is the way the newest generations speak, and no amount of effort, legislation or otherwise, will challenge that. Ultimately this is why I think that what is defined in the lecture as common sense and a generation with a lack of regard for the laws are inherently tied together in this instance. Essentially those in younger generations, who have grown with technology and have a general sickness with the greed of corporate America see the issue of fair use as common sense, and thus are not sitting by for laws to catch up with what they already understand and practice.
I do wonder though if those wanting to continue to hold all the cards of creative content are not suppressing a future artist in the making, and consequently a future source of revenue.
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