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Lawrence Lessig crusades for network neutrality and finite copyright restrictions, and against corruption within the Federal Communications Commission and elsewhere. This tech-focused blawg includes many of Lessig's articles as well as discussion posts by guests ranging from "Granny D," a 94-year-old U.S. Senate candidate, to Richard Posner of the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Author: Lawrence Lessig is a professor at Stanford Law School, where he founded the school's Center for Internet and Society. He clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Recent Posts from Lessig Blog

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  • Shame on CNN

    Embedded video from CNN Video This story is absurd. The message here is that Governor Rendell somehow screwed up because he said something not intended for broadcast near an open mic. But wait a minute:…

  • Change 2.0

  • HELP: Please take the CC "noncommercial" survey

    From the Creative Commons blog: As previously announced, we’re running a questionnaire on understanding “NonCommercial” use. The questionnaire runs through December 7. It takes 15-25 minutes to complete. Click here to start the questionnaire. Your…

  • Open Transition Principles

    As I indicated yesterday, I was very encouraged by the decision by the Obama transition team to freely license change.gov (not actually a .gov entity, so not exempt from the rights of copyright). But over…

  • change.gov set free

    Consistent with the values of any "open government," and with his strong leadership on "free debates" from the very start, the Obama team has modified the copyright notice on change.gov to embrace the freest CC…

  • Jamie Boyle's book is out

    Jamie Boyle's fantastic new book is out. And he has beat me in getting it out with a CC license (soon, not soon enough, but soon). Download it for free here. Buy copies for all…

  • and while we're at it

    Chris' post says: For Obama media to be offered under a CC license (with the licensed embedded in the media itself) would signal his seriousness about embracing openness, transparency and the nature of discourse on…

  • from the "what a fantastic idea" department

    Chris Messina's got a fantastic post about YouTube and Creative Commons. As it is CC licensed, I've reproduced it here: Why YouTube should support Creative Commons now I was in Miami last week to meet…

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