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What the Internet's free culture has cost us in art

Clip: 9/2/2015 | 3m 51s

What the Internet's free culture has cost us in art

In the burgeoning days of the Internet, everything was free, says author Joshua Cohen. Or at least it felt free. And then he started writing for himself, learning the pride of making something and receiving the spark of recognition. In this NewsHour essay, he offers a reflection on the value of intellectual property and the evil of piracy

09/02/2015 | Rating NR

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