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Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig on why AI and social media are causing a free speech crisis for the internet

Decoder with Nilay Patel

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The New Kind of Folk Private Copyright Law

Younger people on the internet are deeply aware of copyright law, leading to controversies on platforms like YouTube over React videos. There is a strong belief among younger creators that this is a copyright violation and should be addressed. It seems that a new kind of private copyright law is emerging, where individuals rely on their own interpretations of fair use as a form of moral superiority.

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