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background on Dr. Lawrence Lessig (Harvard) and our rights online
2010-08-18
Those of us involved with open software are quite aware of Larry Lessig and the good he has accomplished but many others are not.
As censorship of political discussion by means of lawfare and copyright raises its ugly head on the web its worth considering Larry's career and how he has been fighting the good fight for the same sorts of things that are important to many of us.

This is Larry Lessig's home page at Harvard where he is a law professor

Very brief bio from Wikipedia:
Born June 3, 1961 (1961-06-03) (age 49)
Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
Occupation Founder, Creative Commons
Founder, Stanford Center for Internet and Society
Professor, Harvard Law School


a bit longer:
Lawrence "Larry" Lessig (born June 3, 1961) 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.[1]


He is a natural ally of those under legal attack on the net. The only major impediment regarding a certain LLC might be that both are friends of Obama. However, Larry has shown himself over the years to be very honorable.

Posted by:Water Modem

#2  In Summary, the possiblility of loosing their law license and having to flip burgers is a scary thought for them and a very real consequence if we stand up to these people through such a campaign.
Posted by: Omolurt the Rasher of Bacon3046   2010-08-18 22:08  

#1  This thing of buying Copyrights to troll for dollars as a third party is unethical. I have a mailing list of at least thirty people who will gladly file a complaint against these attorneys doing this with their state bar.

A few hundred complaints hitting their licensing bar is something people will gladly do. We just need a few names and the states their state bars are located. A few thousand letters from the commenters of numerous small blogs will make the bars take notice. A campaign worth considering.
Posted by: Omolurt the Rasher of Bacon3046   2010-08-18 22:05  

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