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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.
He was lead counsel for the plaintiff in the case Eldred v. Ashcroft.
His works include:
- Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (2000)
- The Future of Ideas (2001)
- Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons?
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)