"Everything Is A Remix" Series
(by Kirby Ferguson)

Part 4 - System Failure

COPY, TRANSFORM and COMBINE -- these are the key elements of EVOLUTION. They're also the key elements of CREATIVITY and INNOVATION. What is "copying"? It's who we are; how we live; and how we create. Our new ideas evolve from the old ones. It's how our culture evolves. It's how we learn -- by COPYING. This is why the current trend of copyright legislation (ever longer and more restrictive copyright laws) must be stopped. SOPA and PROTECT-IP are only the continuation of ever more expansive & restrictive legislation that soon will make the entire population GUILTY (until proven innocent) of copyright infringement.

I strongly urge you to view Parts 1-3 of the "Everything Is A Remix" series:

• Part 1 - The Song Remains the Same
• Part 2 - Remix Inc. (think Star Wars was 'original'?... think again)
• Part 3 - The Elements of Creativity 

Curious as to who got rich from all the tobacco lawsuits? Then read this article
from the 6/28/99 issue of US News & World Report titled "Trying the Lawyers".