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Blog Entries by Lawrence Lessig from 05/2009

Banks Think They "Own" Congress? Wrong -- We're Taking Congress Back

| Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
Read More: Fair Elections Now Act, Lawrence Lessig, Dick Durbin, Change Congress, Politics News

If you think special-interest influence in Congress perverts our public policy, last week saw an outrage that vindicates that belief entirely.

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The Solipsist and the Internet (a Review of Helprin's Digital Barbarism)

| Posted 05.20.2009 | Media
Read More: The Internet, Piracy, Mark-Helprin, Copyright, Culture, Mark Helprin, Lessig, Media News

Helprin's thesis is simple and familiar to any intelligent sort who first comes to think about the way the law regulates creative work: that there's something fundamentally unjust about the law of copyright.

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Senator Ben Nelson Is Angry (Second in a Series)

| Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
Read More: Larry Lessig, Nelson, Change Congress, Politics News

A new report that claims Nelson received $2 million from insurance and health care interests leads the public to wonder whether it is the merits or the money that is driving his decisions.

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