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Lawrence Lessig

About Lawrence Lessig

Director of the Center for Ethics and Professor of Law at Harvard, Lessig is a leading philosopher in an area that will affect business models for years to come, the copyright.

Concerned with preserving our creative freedoms while maintaining the structure of marketplace competition, Lessig is an activist, author and serves on the board of various organizations (Creative Commons, Brave New Film Foundation, Change Congress, The American Academy, and iCommons.org). His current work addresses the question of institutional corruption, and he has recently published two books on the subject: Republic, Lost (2011) and One Way Forward (2012).

Talking Points

The copyright wars: Preserving creative freedom while also protecting creative individuals

Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy

Modern institutions in crisis: corruption, politics and how to regain the confidence of the people