Comments on: Are all new things a mash-up of what came before? A Q&A with Kirby Ferguson http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TED Talks video, the TED Prize and more. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:20:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Embracing the remix philosophy in every industry « Cerebrux http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-17749 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:22:54 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-17749 [...] Are all new things a mash-up of what came before? A Q&A with Kirby Ferguson (ted.com) Rate this:Share it – Let your friends read it also:FlattrFacebookTwitterPinterestMoreEmailTumblrDiggStumbleUponRedditLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. This entry was posted in English Writings, Videos and tagged Copyright, Industry, Innovation, Open Source, Philosophy, Remix, TED. [...]

]]> By: Embrace the Remix — Kirby Ferguson | Visual Culture and Language http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-17485 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:11:18 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-17485 [...] TED’s Ben Lillie interview with Ferguson after his presentation [...]

]]> By: Copyright RESERVES culture for an Elite. « Sharing is Liberty http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-17033 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:08:22 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-17033 [...] http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferg… Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this.   [...]

]]> By: In the moment something is created, it has a debt to society. « Sharing is Liberty http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-16799 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:01:26 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-16799 [...] In the moment something is created, it has a debt to society.I just want to add on top of what Mr Ferguson was saying about, “I think most people are going to be mediocre. That’s just sort of the law of population.” http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferg… [...]

]]> By: Aaeru http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-16798 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:55:03 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-16798 Do you know that millions of people don’t want to just watch their Star Wars story, they actually want to tell their OWN Star Wars Story?
But copyright means they can’t. Because they are not rich enough. (and then even the rich ones need to have George Lucas’ permissions — i.e. a No.)

]]> By: Aaeru http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-16797 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:52:04 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-16797 I just want to add on top of what Mr Ferguson was saying about, “I think most people are going to be mediocre. That’s just sort of the law of population.”

I want to add:
…moreover, that Culture is something that you “Do”, not something that you just watch. The people’s culture is just that – the people’s culture. Culture is everybody’s, because it was co-authored by all of humanity and is a shared-possession of all of humanity. Culture is a COMMONs. It is no-one’s property. And It is certainly not reserved for an elite.

Right now, copyright has made it so that it is reserved ONLY for an elite. You MUST be able to draw well and draw originals, (but not everybody can draw originals, we still use tracing paper), OR, you MUST be rich, otherwise you can’t pay the royalty fees to create derivatives (but most of us are not rich)…

Copyright RESERVES culture for an Elite.
(hence the ever-expanding ‘Free Culture’ movement pioneered by the ‘Free Software’ movement which showed us how Open Source is destroying its competition (its competitors aka ‘proprietary’) in terms of innovation)

See this excellent excellent post by the Institute of IP & Social Justice:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/115958040764540124496/posts/Zb1k9feAmCP
It explains why the fear of mediocrity is irrelevant.

]]> By: In the moment something is created, it has a debt to society. « Sharing is Liberty http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-16794 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:26:37 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-16794 [...] http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferg… [...]

]]> By: Amy Pursifull http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-16737 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:08:04 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-16737 I love these TED talks! They are all so wonderful! http://newthingsido.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Rui de Almeida http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-16447 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:53:26 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-16447 So… once we had the Big Bang, after that the universe evolved, the “primordial soup”, the cells, the animals, the first humans, the tools, the crafts and the cave art, the wheel, lots of great inventions and creations etc.
Then, now someone pretends to make us believe that nothing was created… just copied and adapted?!
Mankind always created, but at some time, we stoped and started to replicate past knowledge and experience, only?!
It makes no sense, to me at least.

]]> By: Betty Johnson http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/10/are-all-new-things-a-mash-up-of-what-came-before-a-qa-with-kirby-ferguson/comment-page-1/#comment-16440 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:06:28 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61588#comment-16440 Hm, how come my post isn’t there in my profile? It’s not the first time, feels like I only did it for @TEDNews :)

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