When Lawrence Lessig addressed an audience of students, faculty, and members of the public at Harvard on February 19, 2013, he discussed a man very near to him by the name of Aaron Swartz. Lessig discussed what Aaron did, and the role of law and justice in a digital age in connection to Aaron. Lessig’s address, in particular his comments made about copyright fith within Lakoff’s “nurturant” parent frame and what Diane Gurman said about it. Lessig portrays today’s modern copyright laws as a hindrance to the greater public good and his desire to change them to promote a more open and equal opportunity for the public to gain knowledge is
The “nurturant” parent frame about which Diane Gurman writes comes from linguist and cognitive scientist George Lakoff. Lakoff used this concept of framing to promote political issues, popularizing the idea in 2004 (Gurman 2009). The two main frames Lakoff operates in are the strict father and the nurturant parent. Conservatives, especially those who strongly support issues of authority and control fit within the strict father frame. Progressives whose values center around …show more content…
Although these two frames were not directly related to copyright, Gurman makes the assertion that you can see them there too. Original copyright law was a good mix of both strict father and nurturant parent, creators of works were given “exclusive right of exploitation, and then, after a time, relinquishing that right for the greater good.” (Gurman 2009) This limited term of copyright gave few people access to begin with but expanded to aid in the advancement of knowledge of all people, helping the common good. Gurman does not feel that this balance of frames is still present in copyright law today, in
The “nurturant” parent frame about which Diane Gurman writes comes from linguist and cognitive scientist George Lakoff. Lakoff used this concept of framing to promote political issues, popularizing the idea in 2004 (Gurman 2009). The two main frames Lakoff operates in are the strict father and the nurturant parent. Conservatives, especially those who strongly support issues of authority and control fit within the strict father frame. Progressives whose values center around …show more content…
Although these two frames were not directly related to copyright, Gurman makes the assertion that you can see them there too. Original copyright law was a good mix of both strict father and nurturant parent, creators of works were given “exclusive right of exploitation, and then, after a time, relinquishing that right for the greater good.” (Gurman 2009) This limited term of copyright gave few people access to begin with but expanded to aid in the advancement of knowledge of all people, helping the common good. Gurman does not feel that this balance of frames is still present in copyright law today, in