Plato says No! to Remix
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- “Apparently Plato wasn’t a huge fan of innovation in music,” says Mike Masnick on TechDirt, going on »»»
James Boyle, who is working on the latest edition of the Tales From The Public Domain comic book has shared a nice little graphic that shows a quote from Plato, suggesting that he wouldn’t be a big fan of remixed music…
“This is the point to which, above all, the attention of our rulers should be directed — that music and gymnastics be preserved in their original form, and no innovation made. They must do their utmost to maintain them intact….”
Click through to see the whole quote and the comic that goes along with it …
“Um…the Plato quote is in a speech bubble off Aristotle, while Plato has the Danger Mouse think bubble,” notes Blaise Alleyne from Canada.
“You are absolutely correct,” James responds. “Serves me right for thinking that the audience would care more about the composition than the identities … And who could resist the Linux/Dangermouse visual pun! But in the final version we will abandon such playfulness for accuracy.”
In his intro to Plato on Remix, “Sometimes the past sends you wonderful quotations and images,” James says. “One of the reasons why the comic drafting process is so much fun …”
The link points at, “I am hard at work writing our new comic on the history of musical borrowing, with my two brilliant co-authors, Jennifer Jenkins and Keith Aoki,” he says.
And there we find an amazing set of drafts leading up to »»»
And the kartells think they’re in the driving seat?
[James Boyle is William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke Law School and founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain. Professor Boyle was one of the original Board Members of Creative Commons, which works to facilitate the free availability of art, scholarship, and cultural materials by developing innovative, machine-readable licenses that individuals and institutions can attach to their work.]
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
TechDirt – Plato And The RIAA Have Some Views In Common: Gov’t Should Stop Remixes, July 15, 2009
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