Lawrence Lessig

Personal Democracy Forum: Blogging The Wisdom Of Crowds

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

For quite awhile now, I have thought that the netroots affair with Obama would not end well.

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Copyright Taxes Are Killing Democracy

Max Keiser | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

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Max Keiser

I have a question for Bill Moyers, but before I get to that... America was founded by patriots who were sick and tired of, "taxation without represen...

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Minneapolis: Something's Happening Here

Craig Aaron | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media

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Craig Aaron

This could be the first presidential election where the Internet is an issue. I don't mean using the Internet as a political tool ... I mean a bona fide election issue. There's a lot at stake.

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Searching for the Art of the Possible in Copyright Reform

Gigi Sohn | Posted 05.21.2008 | Media

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Gigi Sohn

After 40 years of uninterrupted strengthening and lengthening of copyright laws, we have before us an opportunity for significant reform, and even baby steps should be encouraged.

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Comcast Refuses To Attend FCC Hearing

Portfolio.com | Sam Gustin | Posted 04.16.2008 | Media

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Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, has opted to sit out tomorrow's Federal Communications Commission hearing on broadband network management...

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Fix Congress First

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

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Lawrence Lessig

At the National Press Club in DC today, I'm launching the Change Congress Project, a bi-partisan, web-based effort to leverage and amplify the important work being done by primary reform organizations.

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The "Change Congress Project" with Larry Lessig, Sunlight Foundation, and Omidyar Network

Craig Newmark | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

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Craig Newmark

The Change Congress project, launching today, will focus on the issue of the systemic corruption of American democracy.

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Lawrence Lessig Running For Congress?

Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 02.20.2008 | Business

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Man the ramparts! Corrupt lawmakers beware! Larry Lessig eyes Congress! Lessig, the Stanford law professor and "free culture" cyber-hero, announced t...

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Lawrence Lessig: Another substantial supporter of Barack Obama

Harold Pollack | Posted 02.18.2008 | Home

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Harold Pollack

Lawrence Lessig is a distinguished legal scholar who has written extensively on intellectual property rights in the information age. He recently poste...

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The Thief Next Door

Dr. R. Keith Sawyer | Posted 11.13.2007 | Business

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Dr. R. Keith Sawyer

The creative entertainment industry argues that if they don't make money from legal sales, then the creative wellspring will dry up. What's often lost in the legal battles is any awareness of actual research on what might make our society more creative.

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