The DMCA and Digital Technology

This Application will help you understand the role of DMCA and digital technology.

1. View the video "On Free, and the Differences Between Culture and Code" by Lawrence Lessig on website.
2. Based on the video, answer the following questions:
   1. What is the ideological commitment of Lawrence Lessig and the Creative Commons (CC) licenses as opposed to the values represented in the DMCA?
   2. What is the threat to culture by a "read-only world," and how do the CC licenses provided by Lessing address this threat?
   3. Would this debate have been possible without digital technology? Why or why not?