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Everything is a Remix Part 3 (Original Series, 2011)

Kirby Ferguson · explainer · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Part 3 of Kirby Ferguson's Everything is a Remix series, using Apple and the iPhone to show how invention builds on copying and combining prior ideas. It argues that creativity and innovation are inseparable from copying.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in copyright and patent debates to argue that creative works and inventions evolve by building on earlier ones.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Then watch this rather insightful video titled 'Everything is a Remix'”

    Insightful big-picture view of copying and creativity

    kubrickslair, 2011-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Apple changed everything? Yeah, right.”

  2. “This video describes very well how inventions get created and then evolve for the benefit of everyone”

    How inventions evolve through copying

    nextparadigms, 2012-02 · Recommendation · in “If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: remix, copyright, innovation, apple, video essay

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