Post Tagged with: "lessig"

Lessig on How the DMCA Stifles Political Speech

Larry Lessig pens an op-ed in the NY Times explaining how the DMCA has resulted in copyright law being used as a tool for censorship.

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October 21, 2008 Comments are Disabled News
“They Indeed Have Gone Crazy”

“They Indeed Have Gone Crazy”

People keep sending new C-61 mashups – this time Canadian Heritage Minister Josee Verner, Larry Lessig, and the CBC's Sandra Abma play the starring roles in They Have Indeed Gone Crazy.  Prime Minister Harper stars in the parody below.

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July 18, 2008 8 comments News

Lessig on the U.S. Orphan Works Bill

The NY Times features an op-ed by Lawrence Lessig that criticizes the current orphan works bill in the U.S., advocating instead for a registration system after 14 years of initial protection.

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May 20, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Must Reads

This has been an exceptionally busy week, but I don't want some important stories to fall through the cracks: The NY Times on how courts are citing Wikipedia entries with growing frequency, while Simon Chester at Slaw provides a comparative Commonwealth look at the issue. Romania's President tells Bill Gates […]

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February 1, 2007 5 comments News

Code 2.0

Larry Lessig's Code 2.0 – an update of his remarkable book – is available for purchase or download.

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December 11, 2006 Comments are Disabled News