lawrence lessig

Lessig: what Ted Stevens did is wrong, but it isn't that much different than the way campaign contributions work.
[W]hile it is a crime for VECO Corporation to pay to have Stevens' house renovated, there's no problem with VECO's PAC and senior executives giving Stevens' campaign many times more than that which Stevens' is then free to use to fly to a resort in Montana, or entertain senior executives at DC's most expensive restaurants.
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7/31/2008

Lawrence Lessig has a well-reasoned and balanced response to the left's reaction to Obama's recent FISA vote. I left my own thoughts in a comment yesterday. (9) #
7/10/2008

After serious consideration, Lawrence Lessig has decided not to run for Congress. He has posted a five minute video explaining why. However, he's still full steam ahead with his recently announced Change Congress movement. (5) #
2/25/2008

The trailer for Lawrence Lessig 2: Corruption was released yesterday. That is, he posted a one-hour lecture on corruption as a preview for what he intends to work on during the next ten years. It's very good and aimed mostly at a lay audience. Watch it, give him comments. (1) #
10/15/2007

Lawrence Lessig takes on Hillary Clinton for her recent vigorous defense of lobbyists. In response to her lobbyists-represent-real-Americans argument:
But just because a system is populated with good people does[n't] mean the system itself is not corrupt. And the problem with this system is the way it obviously queers good judgment when so much effort by politicians must be devoted to raising money in order to keep your job.
He also talks a little about how Clinton has proven to be the least receptive candidate so far of a sane copyright policy. (14) #
8/14/2007

Lawrence Lessig, the Stanford Law professor who played a large role in popularizing the "free culture" movement and in bringing "intellectual property" policy to the mainstream as the founder of Creative Commons, has publicly announced that he will be shifting his focus away from copyright issues:
I have decided to shift my academic work, and soon, my activism, away from the issues that have consumed me for the last 10 years, towards a new set of issues... "Corruption" as I've defined it elsewhere will be the focus of my work. For at least the next 10 years, it is the problem I will try to help solve.
I applaud the courage it must take to abandon the field that has given one fame, comfort, and stability. Even among the wealthy or others in stable academic positions like Lessig, this sort of thing is all too rare. I wish him luck. (0) #
6/19/2007

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