I had the opportunity to see this live in April. I had never heard of Lawrence Lessig prior to this presentation, but I haven't been able to forget it. I'm so pleased to have found it online.
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Recently, IP scholar and government corruption critic Larry Lessig gave a talk at CERN in which he talked about the mismatch between the goals of copyright and scientific publishing. I was excited to watch it, but . . . well, I fell asleep partway through. (It's a long talk.)
After 10 years of fighting for open source, net neutrality, free information and open education, Lawrence Lessig has decided to change his career and to seriously attack the problem of corruption in the U.
It's immensely exciting to see Larry Lessig thinking about a run for the House, filling the vacancy left by the passing of Tom Lantos.
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You never heard of Lessig? Holy cow! Off to read Code 2.0 or Free Culture or any of his other books. Right now. We'll wait.