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Copyright is Brain Damage | Nina Paley | TEDxMaastricht

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What it is

Nina Paley's TEDxMaastricht talk arguing against copyright and for copyleft and free culture. She argues that restricting ideas harms creativity and that culture belongs to everyone.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Brought up in copyright, public domain and AI-training debates as a provocative argument for abolishing copyright.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “had a great talk five years ago on how restricting information is a form of cultural cancer”

    Great talk on restricting information as cultural cancer

    qqn, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Why my book can be downloaded for free (2014)”

  2. “culture is like a bunch of neurons passing and evolving data to each other, and copyright is like severing the ties”

    Culture as neurons passing data, copyright severing the ties

    CaptainFever, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement”

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Topics: nina paley, copyleft, public domain, intellectual property, tedx

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