Lawrence Lessig

Known for ActingBorn 1961-06-03 (age 64)Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lawrence "Larry" Lessig (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic and political activist. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications. He is a director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Prior to rejoining Harvard, he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of its Center for Internet and Society. Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center, an advisory board member of the Sunlight Foundation and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lawrence Lessig licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Democracy (s)?

Killswitch

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Democracy for $ale

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

Meeting Snowden

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

The Swamp

Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web

Whose Vote Counts, Explained

Google and the World Brain

Moneyocracy

Overheard with Evan Smith

Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property

Alternative Freedom