Plato on Remix

Sometimes the past sends you wonderful quotations and images… One of the reasons why the comic drafting process is so much fun…

(Picture updated — thanks Blaise, for keeping me honest…)

Monday, July 13th, 2009 Culture, Mashups, comic

9 Comments to Plato on Remix

  1. Um…the Plato quote is in a speech bubble off Aristotle, while Plato has the Danger Mouse think bubble…

  2. Blaise Alleyne on July 14th, 2009
  3. You are absolutely correct.. Serves me right for thinking that the audience would care more about the composition than the identities… And who could resist the Linux/Dangermouse visual pun! But in the final version we will abandon such playfulness for accuracy.

  4. James Boyle on July 14th, 2009
  5. [...] latest edition of the Tales From The Public Domain comic book has shared a nice little graphic that shows a quote from Plato, suggesting that he wouldn’t be a big fan of remixed music… “This is the point [...]

  6. Plato And The RIAA Have Some Views In Common: Gov’t Should Stop Remixes | Design Website Easy on July 15th, 2009
  7. I don’t suppose you could cite it more closely than you already have could you? I’m trying to look up the context…

  8. Devonavar on July 15th, 2009
  9. [...] latest edition of the Tales From The Public Domain comic book has shared a nice little graphic that shows a quote from Plato, suggesting that he wouldn’t be a big fan of remixed music… “This is the point [...]

  10. Plato And The RIAA Have Some Views In Common: Gov’t Should Stop Remixes | Design Website on July 15th, 2009
  11. [...] latest edition of the Tales From The Public Domain comic book has shared a nice little graphic that shows a quote from Plato, suggesting that he wouldn’t be a big fan of remixed music… “This is the point [...]

  12. Plato And The RIAA Have Some Views In Common: Gov’t Should Stop Remixes | The Latest Headlines on July 15th, 2009
  13. @Devonavar: this one doesn’t have reference numbers, but if you search in page for “and no innovation made” (or some similarly unique phrase) it comes up pretty easily:
    http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.5.iv.html

  14. Blaise Alleyne on July 17th, 2009
  15. [...] Against Music Remix 2009 July 21 by rogueclassicist The Public Domain site enlightens [...]

  16. Plato Against Music Remix « rogueclassicism on July 21st, 2009
  17. Oh, you updated the image! hahaha awesome :)

    ps I ordered your book through the Techdirt Book Club, look forward to reading it soon

  18. Blaise Alleyne on August 7th, 2009

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