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Lawrence Lessig Some Like It Hot

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"Some Like It Hot" is an essay by Lawrence Lessig, which first appeared in Wired and then reprinted in The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings. Mr. Lessig suggests that piracy has moved to less bloodthirsty arenas such as music, movies, radio, cable TV, and digital platforms. He shows us how piracy involving these various mediums has its roots in the dawn of these inventions. Furthermore Lessig points out how the government was either slow to act or apathetic. Lawrence gives wonderful examples showing the perplexity of the problem. In addition, he brings the purloining into present day with a discussion of Peer to Peer (P2P) downloading of content and the questionable legalities of it. In conclusion, Lessig suggests equity between guarding
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