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Lawrence Lessig to Leave Copyright Sphere

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bring-a-shovel dept.

brandonY writes "The founder of Creative Commons, the Stanford lawyer behind the 'Eldred v. Ashcroft' case, and the author of 'Code' has spent the last 10 years working tirelessly on behalf of limited copyright terms, net neutrality, and the public domain. Tuesday, Lawrence Lessig announced on his blog that he has "decided to shift my academic work, and soon, my activism" from fighting the good fight for the public domain to fighting the good fight against corruption and the influence of big money's effects on legislation in general."

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  1. He's just widening his scope. by paladinwannabe2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    After all, who thinks we'd have the copyright terms we do now if it wasn't for Disney buying off congressmen?

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  2. Change of focus? Sorta. by Raindance · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I believe the fundamental reason for Lessig's shift in focus is that he sees systemic money-driven corruption to be the central disabling constraint for implementing enlightened copyright/patent/etc laws.

    He's done a fantastic job and played a central role in promoting a movement toward enlightened legal treatment of intellectual and creative works. Coffee all around. I don't see him as abandoning this movement, just attacking the problems facing the movement at a deeper, more fundamental level.