Copyright Extremes

I was really struck by the excerpt from Lawrence Lessig’s The Future of Ideas. I immediately thought of product placements in television shows and movies and how much companies pay for that “advertising.” So when someone turns down, not even turns down, but actually fights free advertising, I’m a little confused. I definitely think that people should be able to have their creative work protected, but it gets to a point at which it seems like certain people don’t just want their work protected, they want it hidden, but why? The examples Lessig gives from Twelve Monkeys, The Devil’s Advocate, and Batman Forever are examples of copyright law gone rampant. Lessig is right; these copyright law extremes are “burdens to the creative process” and will be the same burdens for innovation if they are not controlled.