Saturday, February 23, 2008

REVIEW OF "THE FUTURE OF IDEAS" : CHAPTER 1 "FREE"

1) How does copyright impede creativity?
Copyright imposes restriction on one's ability to think creatively by restricting the resources he/she want to use in his work. And if the creative work is done out of the scope of copyright, is considered illegal. Creativity is the ability to create a unique thing, but to do this one needs an open atmosphere where he/she breathe easily with no suppression. It impedes one’s freedom to express his/her thoughts and blocks one’s ability of thinking.

2) What 'blindness' is Lessig talking about on page 6?·
The struggle or craze for property.

3) Why are costs of production falling?·
Innovation in new technological developments is the real fact for falling of cost of production. Features in the production are increased by keeping in mind the economy and efficiency.For this the tool used is called technology. For example, the innovation of digital technology which left behind non-digital technology as it is more efficient and radically reduced the cost of non-digital technology.

4) What, according to Lessig, does the word 'consumer' signify? [p9] Do you think that blog writers, digital artists and music mixers are strictly consumers of Internet services? Why or why not?·
Consumer is an ordinary person, who utilizes economic goods such as digital technology. He/she uses other creativity and become part of a creative process.

5) How does 'socialism' differ with 'capitalism' in the regulation of resources?·
In socialism, property and the regulation of resources are subjected to control by the community while in capitalism means of production or regulation of resources are predominantly private which is privately owned and operated. Investments, distribution, income, production, prices of goods and services are determined through the operation of market economy.

6) What defines 'free resource' in a society? ·
If no permission is required to use a cirtain resource then it is called a free resource.

7) How is resource production different from resource access?

In simple words the production of resource is thecreation of resource and requires the capital and the usage of a resource is resourse access and that resource can help us in some other resouce production

8) What might be the disadvantage of forcing all resources to be free?·
Control yield more innovation and creativity, otherwise, one would have little incentive to work to produce the resource.
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