Dan Hopkins - The Ecstasy of Influence

In this article I feel that Jonathan Lethem's main argument is that overall the act of sharing your knowledge and art with the world will in the future benefit everyone. I think the motivation for writing this came from the great extent of exposure he has of plagiarized works, he has seen how parameters and restrictions of one's copywrited work has stunted the growth of a reader's or viewer's creative thought. I liked this quote "Don't pirate my editions; do plunder my visions" (Lethem) I think it sums up how he feels pretty well.