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Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy By Lawrence Lessig The Penguin Press...
...Gist: In his latest book, the Stanford professor and Wired columnist rails against the nation's copyright laws - regulations he believes are futile, costly and culturally stifling. Citing "hybrid" economies like YouTube and Wikipedia (both of which rely on user-generated "remixes" of information, images and sound), Lessig argues in favor of what he calls a "Read/Write (RW)" culture - as opposed to "Read/Only (RO)" - that allows consumers to "create art as readily as they consume...
...aims to reduce government secrecy. Key to reducing secrecy is exposing more and more about where the $16.8 trillion in federal spending ends up, which is the aim of Fedspending.org, a site that has been searched 7 million times over the past 20 months. A related project is Lawrence Lessig's Change Congress, a new grassroots effort focused on gaining government transparency and challenging the role of money in politics...
Calling the response to his potential candidacy “simply humbling and inspiring,” former Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig announced yesterday that he will not mount a bid for Congress from his San Francisco-area district. The copyright and cyberlaw expert, who has been at Stanford since 2000, had been encouraged to run for office by Harvard cyberlaw professor John G. Palfrey, Jr. ’94. Palfrey was the leader of a Web-based “Draft Lessig” movement to encourage his friend to seek office. In a video posted...
...Lawrence Lessig, the Stanford legal scholar known for his work in cyber and copyright law, said Tuesday that he was strongly considering a run for Congress, an announcement that comes a week after Harvard cyberlaw professor John G. Palfrey, Jr. ’94 started a “Draft Lessig” movement to encourage him to seek office. Lessig, who left Harvard Law School for its west coast rival in 2000, has developed a loyal following for his attacks on the American copyright law regime, which he blames for stifling creativity and threatening the development of culture. Since...