Jonathan Lethem is the Thought Leader on Copyright's Affect on Art

Lawrence Lessig awoke me to the problems with the current copyright regime from a legal perspective. My interest was, and remains, in the law.

However, copyright is innately tied to the creative industries. Though Lessig has often highlighted the benefits to art in a looser copyright regime, his purview remains the legal side of the issue. Jonathan Lethem, who I've written about recently, is clearly the thought leader on the artistic ramifications of copyright.

In the below video, he discusses how copyright must not just be approached as a business decision, but it must consider the aesthetic.



I hope he continues this important work -- defining copyright on the terms of artists, not companies.