TEDGlobal 2012
Kirby Ferguson: Embrace the remix
Kirby Ferguson: Omfavn remixet.
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Intet er originalt, siger Kirby Ferguson, skaberen af "Alt er et Remix". Han siger at vores mest fejrede kreative , fra Bob Dylan til Steve Jobs, låner, stjæler og omdanner.
Kirby Ferguson - Filmmaker and Remixer
Kirby Ferguson explores creativity in a world where "everything is a remix." Full bio
Kirby Ferguson explores creativity in a world where "everything is a remix." Full bio
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We're going to begin in 1964.
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Vi begynder tilbage i 1964.
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Bob Dylan is 23 years old, and his career
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Bob Dylan er 23 år gammel og hans karriere
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is just reaching its pinnacle.
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er netop ved at nå dets højdepunkt.
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He's been christened the voice of a generation,
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Han har været døbt talerør for en generation
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and he's churning out classic songs
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og han sprøjter klassiske sange ud
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at a seemingly impossible rate,
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en tilsyneladende umulig hastighed.
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but there's a small minority of dissenters, and they claim
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Men der er et lille mindretal mener noget andet, og de hævder
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that Bob Dylan is stealing other people's songs.
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at Bob Dylan stjæler andre folks sange.
00:40
2004. Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse,
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2004. Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse,
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takes the Beatles' "White Album,"
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tager Beatles' "Det hvide album"
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combines it with Jay-Z's "The Black Album"
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kombinerer det med Jay-Z "The Black Album"
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to create "The Grey Album."
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og laver "Det grå Album."
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"The Grey Album" becomes an immediate sensation online,
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"Det grå Album" bliver en øjeblikkelig sensation online,
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and the Beatles' record company sends out countless
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og Beatles' pladeselskab udsender utallige
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cease-and-desist letters for "unfair competition
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trusselsbreve for "illoyal konkurrence
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and dilution of our valuable property."
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og forvanskning af vores værdifulde ejendom."
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Now, "The Grey Album" is a remix.
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Nu er "Det Grå Album" et remix.
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It is new media created from old media.
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Det er nye medier oprettet fra gamle medier.
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It was made using these three techniques:
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Det blev gjort brug af disse tre teknikker:
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copy, transform and combine.
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Kopiere, omdanne og kombinere.
01:11
It's how you remix. You take existing songs,
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Det er sådan du remixer. Du tage eksisterende sange,
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you chop them up, you transform the pieces,
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Du klipper dem itu, du omdanner delene,
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you combine them back together again,
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du kombinerer dem sammen igen,
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and you've got a new song, but that new song
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og du har en ny sang, men denne nye sang
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is clearly comprised of old songs.
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består klart af gamle sange.
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But I think these aren't just the components of remixing.
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Men jeg tror ikke, at remix bare er summen af delene.
01:25
I think these are the basic elements of all creativity.
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Jeg tror at de er de grundlæggende elementer i alt kreativitet.
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I think everything is a remix,
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Jeg mener, alt er et remix
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and I think this is a better way to conceive of creativity.
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og jeg tror, dette er en bedre måde at forstå kreativitet.
01:34
All right, let's head back to 1964, and let's hear
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Okay, lad os gå tilbage til 1964 og lad os høre
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where some of Dylan's early songs came from.
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hvor nogle af Dylan's tidlige kom sange fra.
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We'll do some side-by-side comparisons here.
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Vi vil lave nogle sammenligninger her.
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All right, this first song you're going to hear
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Okay, den første sang I skal høre
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is "Nottamun Town." It's a traditional folk tune.
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er "Nottamun town." Det er en traditionel folkemusik melodi.
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After that, you'll hear Dylan's "Masters of War."
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Efter det vil skal I høre Dylans "Masters og war."
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Jean Ritchie: ♫ In Nottamun Town, not a soul would look out, ♫
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Jean Ritchie: ♫ I Nottamun Town, not a soul would look out, ♫
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♫ not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down. ♫
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♫ not a soul would look out, not a soul would look out. ♫
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Bob Dylan: ♫ Come you masters of war, ♫
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Bob Dylan: ♫ Come you masters of war, ♫
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♫ you that build the big guns, you that build the death planes, ♫
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♫ you that build the big guns, you that build the death planes, ♫
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♫ You that build all the bombs. ♫
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♫ you that builds all the bombs. ♫
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Kirby Ferguson: Okay, so that's the same basic melody
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Kirby Ferguson: Okay, så det er den samme grundlæggende melodi
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and overall structure. This next one is "The Patriot Game,"
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og overordnede struktur. Denne næste her er "The Patriot Game"
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by Dominic Behan. Alongside that,
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af Dominic Behan. Sideløbende hermed
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you're going to hear "With God on Our Side," by Dylan.
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kommer du til at høre "With God on our side" af Dylan.
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Dominic Behan: ♫ Come all ye young rebels, ♫
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Dominic Behan: ♫ Come all ya young rebels, ♫
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♫ and list while I sing, ♫
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♫ and list while I sing, ♫
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♫ for the love of one's land is a terrible thing. ♫
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♫ for the love of one's land is a terribel thing. ♫
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BD: ♫ Oh my name it is nothin', ♫
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BD: ♫ Oh my name it is nothin', ♫
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♫ my age it means less, ♫
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♫ my age it means less, ♫
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♫ the country I come from is called the Midwest. ♫
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♫ the country i come from is called the Midwest. ♫
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KF: Okay, so in this case, Dylan admits
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KF: Okay, så i dette tilfælde indrømmer Dylan
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he must have heard "The Patriot Game," he forgot about it,
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at han må have hørt "The Patriot Game", men glemt det,
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then when the song kind of bubbled back up
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hvorefter sangen er dukket op
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in his brain, he just thought it was his song.
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i hans hjerne og han troede at det var hans sang.
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Last one, this is "Who's Going To Buy You Ribbons,"
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Den sidste er "Whos's Going to boy your ribbons"
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another traditional folk tune.
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en anden traditionel folkemusiksang.
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Alongside that is "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right."
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Som svarer til "Don't think twice, it's all right"
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This one's more about the lyric.
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Denne her er mere om teksterne.
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Paul Clayton: ♫ It ain't no use to sit and sigh now, ♫
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Paul Clayton: ♫ It ain't use sit and sigh now, ♫
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♫ darlin', and it ain't no use to sit and cry now. ♫
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♫ darlin', and it ain't use sit and cry now. ♫
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BD: ♫ It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe, ♫
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BD: ♫ It ain't use to sit and wonder why, babe, ♫
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♫ if you don't know by now, ♫
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♫ if you don't now by now, ♫
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♫ and it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe, ♫
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♫ and it ain't use to sit and wonder why, babe, ♫
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♫ it'll never do somehow. ♫
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♫ it'll never do somehow. ♫
03:48
KF: Okay, now, there's a lot of these.
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KF: Okay, nu, er der masser eksempler.
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It's been estimated that two thirds of the melodies
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Det er blevet anslået, at to tredjedele af melodierne
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Dylan used in his early songs were borrowed.
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Dylan brugte i hans tidlige sange var lånt.
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This is pretty typical among folk singers.
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Det er temmelig typisk blandt folkemusiksangere.
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Here's the advice of Dylan's idol, Woody Guthrie.
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Her er rådet fra Dylans idol, Woody Guthrie.
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"The worlds are the important thing.
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"Ordene er det vigtigste.
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Don't worry about tunes. Take a tune,
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Bekymre dig ikke om melodier. Tag en melodi,
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sing high when they sing low,
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syng højt når de synger lavt,
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sing fast when they sing slow, and you've got a new tune."
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syng hurtigt når de synger langsomt, og du har en ny melodi."
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Latter) (Bifald)
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And that's, that's what Guthrie did right here,
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Og det er hvad Guthrie gjorde
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and I'm sure you all recognize the results.
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og jeg er sikker på, du alle genkender resultaterne.
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(Music)
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(Musik)
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We know this tune, right? We know it?
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Vi kender denne melodi, ikke sandt? Vi kender den?
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Actually you don't.
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Faktisk gør I det ikke.
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That is "When the World's on Fire," a very old melody,
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Det er "When the World's on Fire" en meget gammel melodi,
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in this case performed by the Carter Family.
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i dette tilfælde spillet af the Carter family.
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Guthrie adapted it into "This Land Is Your Land."
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Guthrie tilpassede den til "This Land is your Land."
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So, Bob Dylan, like all folk singers, he copied melodies,
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Så, Bob Dylan, som alle andre folkemusiksangere, kopierede melodier,
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he transformed them, he combined them with new lyrics
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Han omdannede dem, han kombinerede dem med nye sangtekster
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which were frequently their own concoction
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som var ofte selv var sammenkogt
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of previous stuff.
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af tidligere materiale.
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Now, American copyright and patent laws run counter
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I dag er amerikansk ophavsrets- og patentretlove i modstrid
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to this notion that we build on the work of others.
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med forestillingen om, at vi bygger på arbejde udført af andre.
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Instead, these laws and laws around the world
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I stedet bruger disse love og love i andre lande,
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use the rather awkward analogy of property.
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den lidt akavede analogi med fast ejendom.
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Now, creative works may indeed be kind of like property,
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Nu, kreative værker kan faktisk være en slags ejendom,
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but it's property that we're all building on,
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men det er en ejendom, som vi alle bygger på
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and creations can only take root and grow
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og skabelse kan kun tage rod og vokse
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once that ground has been prepared.
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når jorden er blevet forberedt.
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Henry Ford once said, "I invented nothing new.
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Henry Ford sagde engang: "Jeg opfandt ikke noget nyt.
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I simply assembled the discoveries of other men
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Jeg samlede blot opdagelser af andre mænd
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behind whom were centuries of work.
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bag hvem, der var århundredevis af arbejde.
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Progress happens when all the factors that make for it
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Fremskridt sker, når alle nødvendige faktorer for det
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are ready and then it is inevitable."
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er klar og herefter er det uundgåeligt."
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2007. The iPhone makes it debut.
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2007. IPhone gør sin debut.
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Apple undoubtedly brings this innovation to us early,
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Apple var utvivlsomt de første med denne nyskabelse,
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but its time was approaching because its core technology
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men dens tid nærmede sig fordi dens kerne-teknologi
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had been evolving for decades.
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havde været under udvikling i årtier.
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That's multi-touch, controlling a device
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Det er multi-touch, det at styre en enhed
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by touching its display.
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ved at røre ved dens skærm.
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Here is Steve Jobs introducing multi-touch
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Her er Steve Jobs som introducerer multi-touch
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and making a rather foreboding joke.
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og siger en temmelig ildevarslende vits.
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Steve Jobs: And we have invented a new technology
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Steve Jobs: Og vi har opfundet en ny teknologi
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called multi-touch.
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kaldet multi-touch.
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You can do multi-fingered gestures on it,
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Du kan bruge flerfingerede håndbevægelser
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and boy have we patented it. (Laughter)
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og drenge, vi har patenteret det. (Latter)
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KF: Yes. And yet, here is multi-touch in action.
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KF: Ja. Men her er multi-touch i aktion.
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This is at TED, actually, about a year earlier.
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Dette er faktisk på TED, ca et år tidligere.
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This is Jeff Han, and, I mean, that's multi-touch.
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Dette er Jeff Han, og jeg mener, der er multi-touch.
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It's the same animal, at least.
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Det er det samme dyr, mindst.
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Let's hear what Jeff Han has to say about this
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Lad os høre hvad Jeff Han har at sige om denne
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newfangled technology.
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nymodens teknologi.
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Jeff Han: Multi-touch sensing isn't anything --
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Jeff Han: Multi-touch sensing er ikke noget--
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isn't completely new. I mean, people like Bill Buxton
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er ikke helt nyt. Jeg mener, folk som Bill Buxton
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have been playing around with it in the '80s.
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har leget med det i 80'erne.
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The technology, you know, isn't the most exciting thing here
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Teknologien, er ikke den mest spændende ting her
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right now other than probably its newfound accessibility.
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bortset fra sin nyfundne tilgængelighed.
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KF: So he's pretty frank about it not being new.
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KF: Så han er temmelig åbenhjertig om, at det ikke er nyt.
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So it's not multi-touch as a whole that's patented.
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Det er altså ikke multi-touch som helhed, der er patenteret.
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It's the small parts of it that are,
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Det er de små dele af det, som er,
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and it's in these small details where
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og det er i disse små detaljer hvor
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we can clearly see patent law contradicting its intent:
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vi tydeligt kan se patentretten er i modstrid med dens hensigtserklæring:
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to promote the progress of useful arts.
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At fremme fremskridt af nyttige kundskaber.
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Here is the first ever slide-to-unlock.
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Her er det første til stryg-til-oplåsning nogensinde.
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That is all there is to it. Apple has patented this.
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Det er alt hvad der er i det. Apple har patenteret det.
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It's a 28-page software patent, but I will summarize
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Det er et 28-sider langt softwarepatent, som jeg vil opsummere
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what it covers. Spoiler alert: Unlocking your phone
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hvad omfatter. Spoiler advarsel: oplåsning telefonen
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by sliding an icon with your finger. (Laughter)
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ved at stryge et ikon med din finger. (Latter)
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I'm only exaggerating a little bit. It's a broad patent.
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Jeg overdriver kun en smule. Det er et bredt patent.
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Now, can someone own this idea?
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Nå, kan en person eje denne idé?
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Now, back in the '80s, there were no software patents,
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Tilbage i 80'erne var der ingen softwarepatenter,
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and it was Xerox that pioneered the graphical user interface.
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og det var Xerox, som var banebrydende med den grafiske brugergrænseflade.
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What if they had patented pop-up menus,
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Hvad nu, hvis de havde patenteret pop op-menuer,
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scrollbars, the desktop with icons that look like folders
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rullepaneler, skrivebordet med ikoner, som ligner mapper
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and sheets of paper?
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og papirark?
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Would a young and inexperienced Apple
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Ville et ungt og uerfarent Apple
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have survived the legal assault from a much larger
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have overlevet det juridiske angreb fra et meget større
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and more mature company like Xerox?
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og mere modent selskab som Xerox?
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Now, this idea that everything is a remix might sound
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Nu lyder denne idé om at alt er et remix måske
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like common sense until you're the one getting remixed.
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ganske fornuftigt indtil du er den som bliver remixet.
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For example ...
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For eksempel...
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SJ: I mean, Picasso had a saying.
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SJ: Jeg mener, Picasso havde et ordsprog.
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He said, "Good artists copy. Great artists steal."
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Han sagde: "Gode kunstnere kopier. Store kunstnere stjæler."
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And we have, you know,
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Og vi har, I ved,
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always been shameless about stealing great ideas.
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altid været skamløse med at stjæle store ideer.
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KF: Okay, so that's in '96. Here's in 2010.
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KF: Okay, så det var i ' 96. Nu i 2010.
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"I'm going to destroy Android because it's a stolen product."
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"Jeg vil ødelægge Android, fordi det er et stjålet produkt."
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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"I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this." (Laughter)
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"Jeg er villig til at føre termonuklear krig for det." (Latter)
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Okay, so in other words, great artists steal, but not from me.
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Okay, så med andre ord, store kunstnere stjæler, men ikke fra mig.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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Now, behavioral economists might refer to this sort of thing as loss aversion
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Nu, adfærdsøkonomer kan henvise til denne slags ting som modvilje mod tab.
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We have a strong predisposition towards protecting
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Vi er stærkt prædispositionerede til at beskytte ting
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what we feel is ours.
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vi føler er vores.
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We have no such aversion towards copying
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Vi har ikke en sådan modvilje mod kopiering
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what other people have, because we do that nonstop.
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af hvad andre mennesker har, fordi vi gør det nonstop.
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So here's the sort of equation we're looking at.
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Så her er den slags ligning kigger vi på.
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We've got laws that fundamentally treat creative works as property,
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Vi har love, der fundamentalt behandler kreative værker som ejendom,
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plus massive rewards or settlements
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plus massiv belønninger eller erstatninger
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in infringement cases, plus huge legal fees
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i overtrædelsessager, plus enorme juridiske udgifter
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to protect yourself in court,
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for at beskytte dig selv i retten,
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plus cognitive biases against perceived loss.
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samt en kognitiv modstand mod formodede tab.
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And the sum looks like this.
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Og resultatet er dette .
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That is the last four years of lawsuits
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Det er de sidste fire års retssager
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in the realm of smartphones.
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i forbindelse med smartphones.
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Is this promoting the progress of useful arts?
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Er dette at fremme udvikling af nyttige kundskaber?
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1983. Bob Dylan is 42 years old, and his time
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1983. Bob Dylan er 42 år gamle, og hans tid
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in the cultural spotlight is long since past.
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i den kulturelle spotlight har varet forbi længe.
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He records a song called "Blind Willie McTell,"
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Han indspiller en sang kaldet "Blind Willie McTell"
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named after the blues singer, and the song
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opkaldt efter blues-sangeren, og sangen
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is a voyage through the past, through a much darker time,
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er en rejse gennem tidligere tider, en meget mørkere tid,
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but a simpler one, a time when musicians like Willie McTell
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men en enklere. En tid hvor musikere et Willie McTell
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had few illusions about what they did.
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ikke gjorde sig illusioner om hvad de har gjorde.
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"I jump 'em from other writers
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"Jeg snuppede dem fra andre sangskrivere
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but I arrange 'em my own way."
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men jeg arrangerer dem på min egen måde".
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I think this is mostly what we do.
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Jeg tror, dette er for det meste hvad vi gør.
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Our creativity comes from without, not from within.
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Vores kreativitet kommer fra omverdenen, ikke fra vores indre.
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We are not self-made. We are dependent on one another,
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Vi er ikke self-made. Vi er afhængige af hinanden,
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and admitting this to ourselves isn't an embrace
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og at indrømme dette er ikke en omfavnelse
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of mediocrity and derivativeness.
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af middelmådighed og afledninger.
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It's a liberation from our misconceptions,
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Det er en befrielse fra vores misforståelser,
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and it's an incentive to not expect so much from ourselves
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og det er et incitament til at ikke forvente så meget fra vores indre
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and to simply begin.
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og bare begynde.
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Thank you so much. It was an honor to be here.
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Mange tak. Det var en ære at være her.
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Thank you. (Applause)
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Tak. (Bifald)
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Thank you. Thank you. (Applause)
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Tak. Tak. (Bifald)
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Thank you. (Applause)
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Tak. (Bifald)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kirby Ferguson - Filmmaker and RemixerKirby Ferguson explores creativity in a world where "everything is a remix."
Why you should listen
What's a remix? In Kirby Ferguson's view, any piece of art that contains a recognizable reference to another work--a quote from a lyric, a borrowed riff, a filmic homage. Which makes almost everything a remix, from a Led Zeppelin song to a classic film from George Lucas. His deeply researched and insanely fun four-part web series, "Everything Is a Remix," dives into the question: Is remixing a form of creativity, a production of the new on the shoulders of what precedes it, or is it just copying? He comes out firmly on the side of creativity, calling for protections for people who, with good intentions, weave together bits of existing culture into something fresh and relevant.
His next web series is called "This Is Not a Conspiracy Theory," an attempt to explore how US politics came to be the way they are.
Kirby Ferguson | Speaker | TED.com