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閱讀自由文化書評 LYU YANGCHENG    여양승

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閱讀《自由文化》：關於創作自由與公共領域的政治辯論


1.你讀了多少？

我讀了《自由文化》的前幾章，瀏覽了網站上的目錄和章節介紹。我還閱讀了他前期著作《法典》和《思想的未來》的摘要。我理解這本書是他對「網路自由」議題的延伸與深化。這本書不僅僅是關於法律，而是從法律的角度探討創作自由、公共領域和社會創新之間的關係。


2. 有趣嗎？

非常有趣。尤其是當萊斯格提到「所有的創作都是基於舊作品的再創作」（Remix文化）時，這種對創造力本質的重新定義，打破了我對原創與抄襲的傳統想像。他指出，過度保護的版權制度不僅沒有鼓勵創新，也抑制了新一代的創作方式。例如從迪士尼翻拍格林童話到嘻哈音樂採樣，他讓我明白「模仿」和「再創造」一直是文化發展的基石。


3. 難嗎？

寫作風格並不難，甚至比我預期的法律書籍容易得多。萊斯格擅長運用歷史、案例和比喻來解釋抽象概念，例如引用傑佛遜對版權的懷疑立場，描述美國最初的版權法有效期僅為14年的事實。這些使我能夠快速累積背景知識。但難就難在，他挑戰了我們早已習慣接受的智慧財產權概念，讓我開始懷疑：“我們現在是在保護創作者？還是企業壟斷？”


4.這本書適合2020年代的社會學學生閱讀嗎？

絕對地。尤其是在當今人工智慧生成內容、內容共享和平台壟斷的背景下，《自由文化》不僅提供了對技術變革的法律思考，也提醒社會學學生：創造力和自由並非與生俱來，而是製度安排的結果。對公共領域的保護和對再創造的尊重與我們如何定義「文化」有關。這不僅是一個技術或法律問題，更是社會正義和民主實踐的核心問題。

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