Lawrence Lessig's Essay Why Crush Them
Summary of “Why Crush Them?” by Lawrence Lessig As the technological age has approached and developed the definition of creativity has broadly expanded. The editing and reordering of a song or movie is the art of which we call remixing. Lawrence Lessig recognizes remixing as an accessible, forbidden art in his essay “Why Crush Them?” Unfortunately laws, such as copyright laws, infringe on the creators thought and ability to publicly make their name with this form of art. Remixing, as an art, has greatly affected the music and movie industries despite their unpopularity with the law. It creates aspiring movie producers, musicians, film artists, etc. to fuel these monstrous industries. On top of that, it has brought record companies