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Lawrence Lessig

A Cup of Coffee to Build Sustainable Communities

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, Sarah Jones, Majora Carter, Creative Commons, Jehane Noujaim, Allison Arieff, Ted, Architecture, Design, Giving, Development, Richard Saul Wurman, Sustainable Building, Kate Stohr, Impact News
Cameron Sinclair

Through Architecture For Humanity's "Do A Latte Good" campaign, you can bid on coffee with one of our great supporters, and in return they'll contribute to help reconstruction efforts post-Typhoon Ketsana.

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A Remix Manifesto for Our New Copyright Czar

Jonathan Melber | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, Remix, Kanye West, James Boyle, Copyright, Copyright Czar, Copyright Law, Policy, Music, Victoria Espinel, The Legendary K.O., Fair Use, Sampling, Media News
Jonathan Melber

Obama has appointed the first U.S. copyright czar. Our profoundly broken copyright laws, rather than fostering creativity, as they were originally intended, now inhibit it at every turn.

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Should Internet Content Be Free? The Best Model to Save Newspapers, Books, and Music in the Digital Age

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Limited Copyright, Newspapers, Free Content, Copyright, Content, Artistic Collaboration, Perpetual Copyright, Copyright Extension, Chris Anderson, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Intellectual Property, Music, Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig, Cross-Subsidies, Publishing Industry, Free Economy, Digital Economy, Digital, Future of the Internet, Google, Wikipedia, Public Domain, Paid Content, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Microsoft, Books, Business Models for Digital Content, Thomas Jefferson, Death of Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Mark Helprin, Linux, Moore's Law, Espresso Book Machine, Art, Piracy, " "Digital Barbarism: A Writer's Manifesto, Advertising, Digital Age, Music Industry, Freemium, " Free, Media News
Anis Shivani

How can we retain, even enhance, creativity in the digital age, taking advantage of near-zero costs of redistribution? Two recent books consider the question.

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Are We Totally Blowing Our New Media Freedom? My 10 Health Care Reform Videos

Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Public Service Announcements, Lobby, Video, Bob Cesca, Morning Joe, Twitter, Grassroots, Lobbyists, Health, Max Baucus, Youtube, Lawrence Lessig, Healthcare, Drug, Media News
Lee Stranahan

I made 10 short videos about health care reform. I wasn't hired to do it, I wasn't asked to do it. I just did it because the issue is important to me personally, to my family and to my country. And I did it because I could.

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Just Say NO to Fundraising Requests from Politicians

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donor Strike, Politics, Campaign Finance Reform, Money, Change Congress, Fec, Special Interests, Lawrence Lessig, Fundraising, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

It's that time of the year again. Every quarter, just as the FEC reporting deadlines approach, politicians go on a mad scramble for last-minute donations.

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Some Victory Against Ben Nelson -- Who is Next?

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, John Conyers, Ben Nelson, Special Interests, Lawrence Lessig, Change Congress, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

Ben Nelson probably hates us right now -- or at least me. But that's OK, it was worth it. Here's what happened.

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Lessig: To Overturn Prop 8, Avoid the Courts

Blaise Zerega | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Politics News, fora.tv, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Rights, Lawrence Lessig, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Blaise Zerega

And what does this situation say about our democracy? What have our courts come to if civil rights are determined by popular vote?

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

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

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

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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Durbin: "If you even knew how much time we spend raising money..."

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Fair Elections Now Act, Campaign Finance Reform, Lawrence Lessig, Change Congress, Campaign Finance, Dick Durbin, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

For years, financial institutions like Bank of America and AIG donated millions to the very people who were supposed to regulate them. The result is obvious.

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A Reply to Congressman Conyers

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change-Congress, John Conyers, Lawrence Lessig, Change Congress, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

It is time that Congress take responsibility for the cynicism this system has produced. It is not enough for good souls to insist on their goodness. A good soul must act to change a corrupted system.

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John Conyers, It's Time to Speak Up

Lawrence Lessig and Michael Eisen | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Peter Suber, Open Access, Corruption, John Conyers, Donor Strike, Michael Eisen, Curious Cat, Michigan Messenger, Change Congress, Special Interests, Huffington Post, Lawrence Lessig, Michigan, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig and Michael Eisen

Conyers' proposed ban on "open access publishing" is the darling of the publishing industry because it would force the public to buy for-profit journals to get information that would otherwise be online for free.

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Is John Conyers Shilling for Special Interests?

Lawrence Lessig and Michael Eisen | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, House of Representatives, Donor Strike, John Conyers, Open Access, Congress, Michael Eisen, Change Congress, Lawrence Lessig, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig and Michael Eisen

Conyers is leading a proposal to forbid the government from requiring scientists who receive taxpayer funds for medical research to publish their findings openly on the Internet.

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Special Interests Prepare to Derail Obama Agenda

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donor Strike, Special Interests, Lawrence Lessig, Joe Trippi, Wall Street Journal, Lobbyists, Change Congress, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

While lobbying alone is not evil, the combination of special interest lobbyists and their ability to legally funnel millions into political campaigns is toxic.

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HuffPost Breaks Another Bailout Story: Reform Groups Demand Investigation!

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Public Citizen, Dick Durbin, Bank of America, Aig, Lawrence Lessig, Home Depot, Investigation, Bailout Bandits, Bailout, Donor Srike, Public Campaign, Change Congress, US Pirg, Huffington Post, Democracy Matters, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

Too many Americans believe money buys results in Congress -- an idea that heightens cynicism about our democracy and weakens civic engagement.

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HuffPost Breaks Huge Corruption Story -- And We Must Do Something About It

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bail Out, Lawrence Lessig, Bank of America, Joe Trippi, Change Congress, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

Not only are some of the most non-trusted companies in America blatantly trying to buy off Congress, but they're using our bailout money to do it. Enough!

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Change Congress -- We're Bringing Sexy Back

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abc, Justin Timberlake, Congress, Joe Trippi, National Journal, Associated Press, Green Mountain Daily, Lawrence Lessig, Huffington Post, Change Congress, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

Change Congress is bringing sexy back... to the campaign finance reform debate. The donor strike will make sure politicians are well aware of how much money they're losing if they oppose reform.

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Hope + Lessig = Change

Sarah Newman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Citizen Lobbyist, Michele Bachman, Casino Jack, Congress, change.org, Charlie Rangel, Interior Department Staff's Drug Use and Sex Scandal, Barack Obama, Lawrence Lessig, McCain-Feingold Act, Government Accountability, Rod Blagojevich, Takepart, Open Government, Ethics, Change Congress, New York Times, Campaign Finance Reform, Citizen Voices, Don Young, Politics News
Sarah Newman

Lawrence Lessig, through his group, Change Congress, has already done some of the important legwork to get us involved in removing the influence of special interests in Congress.

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Small Donors are Going on Strike: A Strike for Change

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donor Strike, Common Cause, Congress, Public Financing, Americans for Campaign Reform, Public Citizen, Citizen-Funded Elections, Election Results, Lawrence Lessig, Pledge, Colbert, Change Congress, Pirg, Colbert Report, The Colbert Report, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

We're giving Congress a choice: you can either have our money or money from special interests, but not both. We'll reward the reformers. But those who oppose reform won't get any money from us.

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How Should We Get Big-Money Influence Out of Congressional Elections?

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Corruption, Congress, Larry Lessig, Public Financing, Dick Durbin, Citizen-Funded Elections, Special Interests, People-Powered Elections, Lawrence Lessig, Barack Obama, David Donnelly, Voting, Lessig Congress, Campaign Finance, Joe Trippi, Change Congress, Mccain Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

I and others will soon announce a large grassroots campaign aimed at channeling the amazing desire for change that Americans are feeling right now into tangible and fundamental reform of our political system.

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Personal Democracy Forum: Blogging The Wisdom Of Crowds

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Internet Crowds, Tracy Russo Personal Democracy Forum, Facebook Obama, Crowd Politics, Mark Pesce, Obama Internet Obama Crowds, Internet Politics, Obama Netroots, Gina Cooper, Lawrence Lessig, Personal Democracy Forum, Mayhill Fowler, Micah Sifry, Netroots Nation, Cooper Netroots, Joe Rospars, One Million Friends, Home News
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 06.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Bill Moyers, Insurrection, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Lawrence Lessig, Business News
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 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, National Conference for Media Reform, Craig Newmark, Free Press, Arianna Huffington, Net Neutrality, Minneapolis, Tim Wu, ncmr2008, Media News
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 05.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Congress, Lawrence Lessig, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Media News
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 04.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, Fcc, Comcast FCC, Comcast, FCC Hearing, Media News

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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Lawrence Lessig Running For Congress?

Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, Lawrence Lessig Running for Congress, Lessig Congress, Lessig Stanford, Business News

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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