So this guy is pretty interesting, copyrighting sounds pretty dry to start with but when you scratch the surface it develops through copying, hacking, piracy, to really interesting stuff like originality, creativity and i guess democracy. What with that lecture i went to (check the old blogs), this, and some other stuff, i think i could really get into a project about it (after this year obv, no harm in playing around though). Lessig also has a few books about, including a new one called 'Free Culture', which sounds really fascinating, of course it is downloadable for free as a pdf so i'll let you know when i'm done with that, this is the link: Free Culture
Financial Times
I saw this on my way from Victoria to London Bridge at like 7 in the morning or something horrible. Everyone was reading a paper and the people reading the financial times seemed to have a look or something about them that suggested that because they were reading the financial times they were important- in a little club of very busy important people. They are the same people who always go past you on an escalator. The financial times even tries to do it to itself- it is pink- different from any other paper, it tries to stand out. It's interesting that even though these guys aren't at work they have to read the FT to be on top of their game and remain employed, like Lou's super hero pills.
On the Bus
So had a fun time running some errands yesterday around London. Went all round and took loads of buses- and i thought i'd blog about my great love of sitting at the front of the bus on the top, especially when it's sunny. I normally hate travelling but when it's sunny and i'm on the front seat i could sit there for hours. The first leg of my journey was made even better when i went up to the top deck to get my front seat and it was totally empty- it was the first time that it ever happened to me- i liked it.
