Lethem Argument Map by Kaleb

Main Idea

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 02:26:31 UTC

Nothing is truly original

Second Use

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 02:29:06 UTC

All art takes influence from past works, which means they are all "plagiarized"

Lolita (232)

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 02:32:41 UTC

Nabokov took direct influence from Heinz von Lichberg's novel Lolita.

Shakespeare (235)

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 02:36:09 UTC

Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe is directly linked to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Usemonopoly (238,239, 245)

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 02:48:54 UTC

Reuse should be judged through the purpose of the use and the transformation of the work, not the general idea being used itself.

Evidence (239)

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 02:52:56 UTC

"The word "copyright" may eventually seem as dubious in its embedded purposes as "family vaues," globalization," and sure, "intellectual property." Copyright is a "right" in no absolute sense; it is a government-granted monopoly on the use of creative results. So let's try calling it that - not a right but a monopoly on use, a "usemonopoly"

Simpsons (235)

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 02:55:01 UTC

"Animation is built on plagiarism."

Lehtem's Reuse (246)

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 02:57:44 UTC

K:I is Another reveals that the entire essay by Lethem is plagiarized

The Commons (243)

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 03:00:10 UTC

Certain cultural things such as language and stories are a public commons and should be allowed to be transformed and shared

Gifts vs Commodities (242)

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 03:02:23 UTC

"The cardinal difference between gift and commodity exchange is that a gift establishes a feeling-bond between two people, whereas the sale of a commodity leaves no necessary connection."

Greedy Copyright Laws

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 03:05:00 UTC

Modern copyright laws are built on greed

Evidence (238)

kshim2007 — 2025-10-06 03:06:30 UTC

"The current term is the life of the author plus seventy years. It's only a slight exaggeration to say that each time Mickey Mouse is about to fall into the public domain, the mouse's copyright term is extended."