Larry is doing a great job here, standing up against Stephen Colbert's bizarre verbal ambushes - a must watch: "This is Artistic Socialism" Via ZDNet.
January 12, 2009
Larry Lessig on Colbert, talking about Copyright: hilarious video
Gerd Leonhard
Keynote Speaker, Think-Tank Leader, Futurist, Author & Strategist, Idea Curator, some say Iconoclast | Heretic, CEO TheFuturesAgency, Visiting Prof FDC Brazil, Green Futurist
I disagree. Lessig was exposed as the charlatan his is. Other than the total ass he made of himself in front of the Supreme Court, this is the greatest gaff in his career ...
He makes the point, unequivocally, that the purpose of the "hybrid economy" he envisions is to insure that value will be captured by everyone BUT the original creators of the underlying content.
How unconscionable.
You think this was funny? I think it was illuminating. He looked like a deer in headlights. He was stunned. Angered. And, for most of the interview the wall of smoke and mirrors he's been hiding behind for years evaporated and the wizard was revealed for what he truly is. A fraud.
Video bites from this interview will plague him for the rest of his disingenuous career.
Posted by: TonsoTunez | January 12, 2009 at 07:53 PM
Tonos: Larry is one of the most dear and honest people I know and I would like to know why you are saying this about him. When someone is assaulted by a pompous know-it-all like Colbert it won't look pretty either way you look at it. Please explain what you are saying here.
Posted by: Gerd Leonhard | January 12, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Tonso Tunes responded with a link to:
Hang on Snoopy: The Man 2.0 as explained by Lessig to Colbert
http://music-tech-policy.blogspot.com/2009/01/man-20-as-explained-by-lessig-to.html
Posted by: Gerd Leonhard | January 13, 2009 at 08:55 AM