Lawrence Lessig

technologies operate on demand, offering almost limitless information, access and choice. Content can be modified instantly, and usually undetectably. The form of power encouraged is person power.” (Drucker & Gumpert). In support of this evidence, Lawrence Lessig “argued that analog technology provided a ‘read only’ option providing a professional source … but digital technology offers a read and write culture with an inherent reciprocal relationship between the producer and consumer” (Drucker &…

for selfless reasons. Even if they are and the donation is simply because that candidate best represents the donors views, that donor is going to get more attention from the candidate than someone who just simply voted for the candidate. Lawrence Lessig, a legal scholar, states “Members of Congress now spend between thirty and seventy percent of their time raising money rather…

Net neutrality is the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally [1]. This is an especially appealing idea if you are in the middle of watching the latest episode of your favorite show on Netflix. The neutral state of the internet is what has allowed data heavy streaming services like Netflix to flourish. However, treating all data usage exactly the same cuts into ISP’s profits, since they would have to charge everybody the same, and bandwidth is finite. This would lead to…

While campaigning for the presidency in October 2015, Lawrence Lessig stated “[a]lmost every problem that we see in the criminal justice system flows from the core inequality that we 've allowed to grow within our society. The laws are harshest against the most politically disempowered (the poor); they are unenforced against the most politically empowered (Wall Street).” Although the quote specifically mentions Wall Street, many other white-collar professions have advantages that others do not.…

who wishes to provide speech, there would be no need to favor speech. However, that is not the case. Every dollar spent to bring Milo Yiannopoulous to campus could have been spent on providing transportation to feature a Supreme Court Justice, Lawrence Lessig or Spencer Abraham. Just as any other organization operates, universities must create a hierarchy or resources and thus a hierarchy of speech. Creating a hierarchy is not a radical concept- it happens naturally. For example, the Student…

1.1 Definition Sharing economy is the use of market intelligence to foster a more collaborative and sustainable society (Heinrichs, 2013). Belk (2014) defines it as people who are coordinating the acquisition and distribution of resources for a fee or other compensation. This has to be differentiated from commercial offerings which do pseudo-sharing as short-term rental (Belk, 2014). Alternative names for sharing economy are relationship-, cooperative-, grassroots-, and new economy. 1.2…

Ultimately, music is created for the enjoyment of its listeners. Around the world, people are able to purchase and download music from applications such as iTunes, Google Play Music, Amazon, etc. But what about those who don’t have the financial ability to purchase their favorite songs whenever they want? If someone is the kind of person who loves music and has a large music library, they probably haven’t purchased all of their music. According to James, writer of “Average Teen’s iPod Has $800…

rights, education, and child poverty are some big issues that are sometimes overlooked in the United States. There are many candidates that are running for the 2016 presidential election. On the Democrat side is Lincoln Chafee, Hillary Clinton, Lawrence Lessig, Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders, and last Jim Webb. On the Republican side, we have Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, John Kasich, George Pataki, Rand…

Plagiarism and Fallacies Many people discredit the music genre of “mash-ups” from being an actually genre on the grounds that a mixer is using other people’s work. Mixing is actually a widely practices art form of music that in certain circles is in fact recognized as an art form. If much of the public stays close-minded on those who use other people’s music to create a new sound and only consider them to be plagiarists, this genre of music won’t be able to go anywhere. If mixers they are…