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Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Prior to rejoining the Harvard faculty, Lessig was a professor at Stanford Law School, where he founded the school’s Center for... show more



Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Prior to rejoining the Harvard faculty, Lessig was a professor at Stanford Law School, where he founded the school’s Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. Lessig serves on the Board of Creative Commons, MapLight, Brave New Film Foundation, The American Academy, Berlin, AXA Research Fund and iCommons.org, and on the advisory board of the Sunlight Foundation. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Association, and has received numerous awards, including the Free Software Foundation's Freedom Award, Fastcase 50 Award and being named one of Scientific American's Top 50 Visionaries. Lessig holds a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge, and a JD from Yale.

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Birth date: June 03, 1961
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What I'm reading rated it 12 years ago
A clear and simple but not simplistic view of where copyrights law is doing to creativity, to innovation, to an entire generation of people who are 'pirates' by default. The examples are dated, even if this was written in 2008. Digital content, technologies and how we interact, play, learn, create o...
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spoko rated it 13 years ago
I really, heartily agree with Lessig's argument—his take on what's wrong with the political system, and what needs to be done about it. This book isn't the best imaginable accounting of it, but it is still well worth reading. And encouraging others to read. So, you know, read it.
Case's Book Blog
Case's Book Blog rated it 13 years ago
It makes me sick to my stomach that our culture can so easily be manipulated and owned by so few. Read this book if you can handle how corrupted and disgusting our own history and legal system are with respect to intellectual property.
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