Lawrence "Larry" Lessig is an American academic and political activist. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications.
He is a director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Prior to rejoining Harvard, he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of its Center for Internet and Society. Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Intellectual property, Law and legislation, Copyright, Copyright and electronic data processing, Droit, Internet, New York Times reviewed, Political corruption, Politics and government, United States, Art, Auteursrecht, Computer networks, Constitutional law, united states, Electronic information resources, Ethics, Freedom of information, Information superhighway, Informationsfreiheit, Mass media, Propriété intellectuelle, Right of Privacy, Technological innovations, United States. Congress, 700/.74/73ID Numbers
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- Lawrence P Lessig
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