Larry Lessig: Re-examining the Remix
Larry Lessig, the Net’s most celebrated lawyer cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the ‘ASCAP cartel in his argument for reviving our creative culture.
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ABOUT Larry Lessig
“No expert has brought as much fresh thinking to the field of contemporary copyright law as has Lawrence Lessig. A Harvard professor and founder of Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, this fiery believer foresaw the response a threatened content industry would have to digital technology and he came to the aid of the citizenry.
As corporate interests have sought to rein in the forces of Napster and YouTube, Lessig has fought back with argument, take his recent appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court, fighting the extension of copyright protection from 50 to 70 years and with solutions: He chairs Creative Commons, a nuanced, free licensing scheme for individual creators.
Lessig possesses a rare combination of lawyerly exactitude and impassioned love of the creative impulse. Applying both with equal dedication, he has become a true hero to artists, authors, scientists, coders and opiners everywhere.”
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