Lessig

The main idea that I can understand the best, is the idea of remixing something into your own creation. In the book Lessig states "Creators here and everywhere are always and at all times building upon the creativity that went before and that surrounds them now." This statement is completely true due to almost anything that is created now can be correlated to something in the past. I am no different I have pulled inspiration for some of my graphic designs from either other designs or concepts. I may not use the entirety of the design, but I am still technically taking their idea without permission. This is not something that is new and can be seen everywhere. When I was younger I never really understood the idea till I took a DTC class in college. The main focus of the class was not about piracy or remixing, but there was a single day where we went over the topic. The teacher showed us a video someone created about how the movie "Kill Bill" had several ideas that were used before. Ranging from the yellow jumpsuit to the time in the movie where she chops a woman's arm off. This caught my attention immediately and I started to think of other great scenes from movies or games that I liked that may have been used before. Lessig talks about how Disney used ideas that were already done well before, but simply re-imagined the ideas for a new era. That they also took many ideas from the culture around the world and changed the story from a dark demeanor to a light one. Eventhough, Disney did this they are not the only ones. The stories that Disney used were from "The Brother's Grimm" which in turn were not their own stories either. I agree with how Lessig talks about how the laws that are used against piracy and copyright could use some redoing due to several of the issues Lessig stated.