Lawrence Lessig
Harvard Law professor & Creative Commons founder | Fighting for free culture and democracy reform
Lawrence Lessig is a Harvard Law professor, political activist, and founder of Creative Commons, the licensing system that has enabled billions of works to be shared freely online.
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Lawrence Lessig is a Harvard Law professor, political activist, and founder of Creative Commons, the licensing system that has enabled billions of works to be shared freely online. His books including 'Free Culture' and 'Republic, Lost' have shaped debates on copyright, corruption, and democracy.
He ran for President in 2015 on a platform of campaign finance reform and continues to advocate for fixing systemic corruption in American politics. A TED speaker with millions of views, he brings legal expertise and moral clarity to complex issues of technology, creativity, and democracy.
With 4 talks at major events, he speaks on copyright reform, political corruption, and the future of free culture.
- Why copyright law is broken and how to fix it
- The systemic corruption threatening democracy
- Creative Commons and the future of sharing
- How money in politics distorts policy
- Free culture in the age of AI
The unstoppable walk to political reform
We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim
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