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Lester Lawrence Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. [1] He is the founder of Creative Commons and Equal Citizens.
Sep 6, 2015 · Here are nine things to know about Lessig’s financial and political background: Lessig has donated at least $52,000 to federal candidates and committees over the years. Almost all are Democratic.
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Lawrence (Larry) Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard University and directs Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. He is also the co-founder of Creative Commons—a nonprofit that enables public permission to share and use creative work.
Once cited by The New Yorker as “the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era,” Lessig has turned his focus from law and technology to “institutional corruption”—relationships which, while legal, weaken public trust in an institution—especially as that affects democracy.
Website. Lessig2016.us. The 2016 presidential campaign of Lawrence Lessig, a law professor at Harvard University and cofounder of Creative Commons, was formally announced on September 6, 2015, as Lessig confirmed his intentions to run for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States in 2016.
13:44. Lawrence Lessig. Posted. Lawrence Lessig has already transformed intellectual-property law with his Creative Commons innovation. Now he's focused on an even bigger problem: The US' broken political system.
Oct 19, 2015 · Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig speaks at WIRED BizCon in New York City in 2014. Thos Robinson/Getty Images. Most Democratic voters have probably never heard of Lawrence...
