Presentations by Lawrence Lessig on a range of subjects from Free Culture to corruption [with Net Neutrality, privacy, cyberlaw, copyrigh...
Society & Culture
November 18, 2010, Portland, ME: Introduction to the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Maine Clean Election Law. 80% of legislators were elected under the...
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November 18, 2010, Portland, ME: Introduction to the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Maine Clean Election Law. 80% of legislators were elected under the clean election law in Maine in the last election. The law is an extraordinary success. This REV of the TEDxSanAntonio speech includes a spin about it, and its importance. Comments welcome at comments@lessig.org
What CC Was For
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October 25, 2010, lecture at The American University of Beirut, tells the story of Creative Commons and explains its purpose. An earlier version of what became the...
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October 25, 2010, lecture at The American University of Beirut, tells the story of Creative Commons and explains its purpose. An earlier version of what became the WIPO talk. ;
WIPO Keynote
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4 November 2010, Geneva: Keynote at WIPO "Facilitating Access to Culture in the Digital Age" Meeting. A bunch here is familiar, though I refine a bit the idea of e...
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4 November 2010, Geneva: Keynote at WIPO "Facilitating Access to Culture in the Digital Age" Meeting. A bunch here is familiar, though I refine a bit the idea of ecologies of culture, and press for WIPO to launch a "blue skies" commission to frame a sensible framework for copyright in the digital age. Comments welcome at comments@lessig.org
Citizens, REV2
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28 October, 2010, Portland, OR: Speech given at First Unitarian Church to support Portland's Voter Owned Elections. Builds on the TEDxSan Antonio speech, with a fr...
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28 October, 2010, Portland, OR: Speech given at First Unitarian Church to support Portland's Voter Owned Elections. Builds on the TEDxSan Antonio speech, with a framing around the idea of "voting on the merits." Comments invited at comments@lessig.org.
Freeing Culture
120 Views 14:29:03 11/01/10
22 October, 2010, Barcelona, Spain, speech at the CCCB. Includes the first time I've told the story of the lawsuit against Stephen Joyce, plus some updated remixes...
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22 October, 2010, Barcelona, Spain, speech at the CCCB. Includes the first time I've told the story of the lawsuit against Stephen Joyce, plus some updated remixes of older stuff on Free Culture. First framing of the idea of "ecologies of creativity," building on the work of James Boyle. ;
Latest version (and first I am some what happy with) of the stump speech. This starts with Thoreau, continues with ;the same examples of results possibly affected ...
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Latest version (and first I am some what happy with) of the stump speech. This starts with Thoreau, continues with ;the same examples of results possibly affected by money, and adds a new link to the "root." There's also a new twist on the Hiatt story at the end.
BostonReview Talk
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September 30, 2010, Cambridge, MA: Opening talk at the Boston Review Forum. This talk was meant to explain the argument I made in the Boston Review, about the erro...
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September 30, 2010, Cambridge, MA: Opening talk at the Boston Review Forum. This talk was meant to explain the argument I made in the Boston Review, about the error in Citizens United, and the necessary response. It remixes the stuff I've been saying about screw policy decisions with an understanding of the Court's central error in that case. Comments invited at comments@lessig.org. ;
Keynote at the Coff...
161 Views 12:25:32 09/27/10
25 September, 2010, Louisville, KY: Keynote given at the Coffee Party's Conference, launching the "mock constitutional convention" that I hosted with Mark McKinnon...
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25 September, 2010, Louisville, KY: Keynote given at the Coffee Party's Conference, launching the "mock constitutional convention" that I hosted with Mark McKinnon. This extends the argument for Citizen Funded Elections, linking the movement to what I have elsewhere called "neo-progressives." ;
Open
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June 4, 2010, Seoul, Kora: Keynote at the CC Asia Conference. 95% new material, raising an increasingly nagging question -- is open/free necessary for innovation o...
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June 4, 2010, Seoul, Kora: Keynote at the CC Asia Conference. 95% new material, raising an increasingly nagging question -- is open/free necessary for innovation on platforms or with content? Puzzles about innovation in the emerging world of closed or controlled platforms, and questions about strategy for the world of free culture. Particular Apple anxiety.
Innovation Corruption
123 Views 21:06:57 06/08/10
May 20, 2010, Big Thinkers Series at Yahoo!, a tweaking remix of the earlier institutional corruption remix. Added a bit about broadband policy. There's a much bet...
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May 20, 2010, Big Thinkers Series at Yahoo!, a tweaking remix of the earlier institutional corruption remix. Added a bit about broadband policy. There's a much better video version here . ;
American Society of...
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April 21, 2010, New York: Twenty minutes to introduce some different ideas to a remarkably forward-thinking society about remix culture.
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April 21, 2010, New York: Twenty minutes to introduce some different ideas to a remarkably forward-thinking society about remix culture.
Change Congress Chr...
153 Views 15:23:02 04/19/10
In this latest in the Change Congress Chronicles, we look at Senator Brown's opposition to the President's Financial Sector reform bill, and its link to the Pew Ce...
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In this latest in the Change Congress Chronicles, we look at Senator Brown's opposition to the President's Financial Sector reform bill, and its link to the Pew Center's study finding that trust in Congress is at its lowest point ever. (CC Flickr Credits: Congress - Cowtools; Cash - AMagill; Wall St - f-l-e-x)
12 April 2010: Talk given at SNW 2010 about three areas of policy -- broadband, cybersecurity, and copyright, and about the corruption of the process of policy mak...
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12 April 2010: Talk given at SNW 2010 about three areas of policy -- broadband, cybersecurity, and copyright, and about the corruption of the process of policy making affecting each. A mix of my old concerns with one section of the new concerns. Please send comments to comments@lessig.org.
The Coffee Party US...
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10 April 2010: Talk give at a Coffee Party
Rebooting Democracy
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09 April 2010: Lecture at Brown Democracy Matters event. This is a revision and update of the lecture given 27 March 2010, refining and extending the call for a co...
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09 April 2010: Lecture at Brown Democracy Matters event. This is a revision and update of the lecture given 27 March 2010, refining and extending the call for a convention. Please send comments to comments@lessig.org.
Speech and Independ...
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07 April 2010: The Hugo Black Lecture at Wesleyan. This talk addresses Citizens United and the relevant speech interests that should justify campaign finance reg...
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07 April 2010: The Hugo Black Lecture at Wesleyan. This talk addresses Citizens United and the relevant speech interests that should justify campaign finance regulation. But given the Court's judgment, these justifications must await constitutional revision. Please send comments to comments@lessig.org.
June 4, 2010, Seoul, Kora: Keynote at the CC Asia Conference. 95% new material, raising an increasingly nagging question -- is open/free necessary for innovation on platforms or with content? Puzzles about innovation in the emerging world of closed or controlled platforms, and questions about strategy for the world of free culture. Particular Apple anxiety.