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Lawrence Lessig (b. June 3, 1961) is a professor of law at Stanford University and author. He was educated at Wharton School of Business, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Yale Law School. Lessig is a well-known critic of the lengthening of the protection term of copyrighted materials.
Recently he has proposed the concept of "free culture" and helped found the Creative Commons initiative. Other initiatives include: "Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons?" .
He was lead counsel for the plaintiff in the case Eldred v. Ashcroft.
His books include:
Lawrence Lessig was awarded the 2002 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software from the Free Software Foundation.
External links
- Lawrence Lessig's home page
- 2002 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
- "Free Culture" keynote from OSCON 2002 (including an audio recording of his presentation)