[lit-ideas] Re: As the World Turns
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 21:09:02 EDT
In a message dated 5/3/2009 8:51:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Lessig's rejection of the notion of eliminating copyright altogether
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I started to see the clip. When it got to Aldous Huxley, I had a calling
(as R. Paul would say). Perhaps some other time. Aldous Huxley. I love the
man. But Lessig was quoting him in a rather boring context. To me, the
entertaining Huxley is when he visited Buenos Aires (Victoria Ocampo's villa
in
San Isidro) and he couldn't find the bathroom.
----
Borges said that he never wanted to be recalled as "(c) Borges". The whole
idea of copyright is indeed otiose. It's very good that Homer is _past_
copyright. Imagine if we had "(c) The Trustees of Homer".
Viva Lessig!
I find the heading confusing, slightly. To me that phrase belongs in Liza
Minnelli's catchy Kander-Ebb tune in "New York, New York".
Sometimes you're happy, sometimes you're sad
But the world goes 'round
Sometimes you lose every nickel you had
But the world goes 'round
Sometimes your dreams get broken in pieces
But that doesn't alter a thing
Take it from me, there's still gonna be
A summer, a winter, a fall and a spring
And sometimes a friend starts treating you bad
But the world goes 'round
And sometimes your heart breaks with a deafening sound
Somebody loses and somebody wins
And one day it's kicks, then it's kicks in the shins
But
the planet spins
and the world goes 'round-
But the world goes 'round
And 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round
The world goes 'round and 'round and 'round
And 'round!
Or even the better, "Let the great big world keep turning" (Tommy's song
-- Grey-Ayers)
The clip was recorded live at San Diego. Wasn't there a bit of room noise
for a pro like Lessig?
JL Speranza
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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