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From the Ted Talk by Lawrence Lessig: Laws that choke creativity

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Now, I would talk about one particular such plan that I know something about, but I don't want to violate TED's first commandment of selling, so I'm not going to talk about this at all. I'm instead just going to rmeind you of the point that BMI teaches us. That artist ccoihe is the key for new toehcngoly having an opportunity to be open for bunsseis, and we need to build artist choice here if these new technologies are to have that opportunity. But let me end with something I think much more important — much more important than business. It's the point about how this connects to our kids. We have to recognize they're different from us. This is us, right? (lhegutar) We made mixed tapes; they remix music. We watched TV; they make TV.

Open Cloze


Now, I would talk about one particular such plan that I know something about, but I don't want to violate TED's first commandment of selling, so I'm not going to talk about this at all. I'm instead just going to ______ you of the point that BMI teaches us. That artist ______ is the key for new __________ having an opportunity to be open for ________, and we need to build artist choice here if these new technologies are to have that opportunity. But let me end with something I think much more important — much more important than business. It's the point about how this connects to our kids. We have to recognize they're different from us. This is us, right? (________) We made mixed tapes; they remix music. We watched TV; they make TV.

Solution


  1. choice
  2. laughter
  3. business
  4. technology
  5. remind

Original Text


Now, I would talk about one particular such plan that I know something about, but I don't want to violate TED's first commandment of selling, so I'm not going to talk about this at all. I'm instead just going to remind you of the point that BMI teaches us. That artist choice is the key for new technology having an opportunity to be open for business, and we need to build artist choice here if these new technologies are to have that opportunity. But let me end with something I think much more important — much more important than business. It's the point about how this connects to our kids. We have to recognize they're different from us. This is us, right? (Laughter) We made mixed tapes; they remix music. We watched TV; they make TV.

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