Lessig

I would have to agree with some of previous posts and say that a major theme within Lessig’s chapter is the growth of technology and the benefits that it provides to the public. Not only is my grandma able to use a disposable grandma, but my three year old cousin loves nothing more than to play with his dad’s iPhone. These types of technology truly cater to the general public. The first section dedicated to Kodak really hit on the idea that pictures and photography have become so much more affordable. This made photographs a social tool, which honestly, is one of the only reasons I take them. I love to take pictures and in turn post them on Facebook, I really don’t think that I would take as many if I did not intend to post them. Lessig talks about the values of photographs and the laws behind them.
In regards to Lessig’s ideas about Just Think!, I have to say that he really talks about the advancements and more affordable use of technology in today’s society. Just Think! is a great program to get younger ones to express themselves. Just like photography, film can really allow you show your individuality. I agree with Brett in the idea that we need to keep our freedoms and by allowing children to construct their own meanings we are promoting this to a younger generation.
Lessing states that the media is becoming more and more concentrated and with that brings the fact that the public is allowed to know less and less. With the right to blog and share ideas and photos, we are able to share more and more information that is not necessarily being filtered. I would consider myself an amateur to blogging as a whole, but I see that it is a great way to share ideas and give one another input.
I agree with Heather in her thought of readers, at this point in the chapter, being “willing to accept that open-source information leads to a world where individual creativity is encouraged to be displayed for the entire world”. Lessig really believes that the right to creativity and commentary on the internet is being closed out by laws. Open source allows us to “tinker” with content. A good example of open source would be Wikipedia. We need to fight for our technological rights and keep open source technologies open to the public.