Free Culture-Lessig 7-15

Lessig brings many good points but what caught my attention the most was when he said "...absolute property over ideas and culture" (12). He also mentions property rights as well which made me think of something I read online a couple of days ago. A musician named Deadmau5 pronounced "dead mouse" was being sued by Disney because the resemblance of what he wears on stage resembles the character Mickey Mouse who is copyrighted by Disney. It feels like Disney is an example of these corporate Giants trying to take over ideas and culture as Lessig puts it. Disney is trying to obtain all these property rights like Marvel and Lucasfilsm are under their control. Basically Disney controls the content being produced which could influence our culture on  the internet as well as other media sources. The author also mentions that never in history has our culture been as controlled as seen in today's modern day. Also that there has never been more attempts to control the uses of our culture as it is today (12).

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