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Lawrence Lessig |
Next Public Engagements
Professor Lessig has ended his speaking campaign to turn attention to the Eldred v. Ashcroft case. He will not be speaking again until sometime next year. Meanwhile, if you'd like a Flash version of one of his final keynotes, you can download it (free_culture) (mirror) (mirror) or send a donation of $5 or more to the Eldred Legal Defense Fund and we'll send you a CD. (Note: the Eldred Legal Defense Fund covers expenses of the case only. The lawyers (on our side at least) have donated their time for free. Left over funds will be donated to an appropriate charity.)
For press inquiries, please contact Professor Lessig's assistant, (650.725.2565). For web site related issues, please contact the .
Recently in the Lessig Log...
August 12, We must engage in copyright debate
Professor Lessig is mentioned in the San Jose Mercury News, in one of Dan Gillmor's columns, We must engage in copyright debate.
August 6, Justice Defends Congressional Role In Copyright Terms
The latest news on Eldred v. Ashcroft is featured in National Journal's Technology Daily, Justice Defends Congressional Role In Copyright Terms.
July 30, Syllabus 2002
Professor Lessig spoke at the Syllabus 2002 Summer Conference in Santa Clara, CA on Tuesday, July 30, 2002. Syllabus2002 is a conference for faculty, administrators, and IT professionals who want to explore the latest applications of technology in higher education institutions. He gave a keynote speech at 8:30 am. Attendees the had an in-depth discussion with Professor Lessig in a follow-up panel at 11:00 am. Professor Lessig explored how law will regulate the creative process as digital technology increasingly becomes part of ordinary life. The expanding scope of legal regulation--especially through copyright and patent -- threatens to undermine the important role technology might have for education and knowledge.
July 25, OSCON2002
Missed the O'Reilly Open Source Conference 2002? Check out all of the realtime blogging coverage from Aaron Swartz, Doc Searls, and Dan Gillmor's eJournal.
July 24, O'Reilly Open Source Convention
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention takes place at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California from July 22nd to July 26th. Professor Lessig will be giving a keynote speech: Freeing Culture on Wednesday, July 24. “What the technologists gave, the law is taking away. In this keynote, Professor Lessig describes the threat to innovation and creativity -- freedom -- that the law now threatens, and what you should do to resist it.”
July 16, Copyright in the Balance: LJ Talks with Lawrence Lessig
Professor Lessig is featured in the Library Journal, in Copyright in the Balance: LJ Talks with Lawrence Lessig, where he discusses the Creative Commons, Eldred v. Ashcroft, and more.
July 16, TTI/Vanguard: Designing for Resiliency Conference
Professig Lessig spoke at the Designing for Resiliency Conference sponsored by the Technology Transfer Institute/Vanguard. Vanguard is a unique forum for the introduction, discussion and evaluation of emerging and breakthrough information technologies. The conference took place at the Conrad Hilton in Brussels, Belgium. His talk, The Changing Nature Of Jurisdiction and Copyright Protection on the Internet, was on Tuesday, July 16th.
July 15, Users Must Beware of Legal Trends
Dan Gillmor has an article in ComputerWorld, Users Must Beware of Legal Trends, discussing legal trends as they pertain to IT workers.
July 11, Rueschlikon Conference on Information Ownership and Control
Professor Lessig spoke at Rüschlikon Conference on Information Ownership and Control at the Swiss Re's Centre for Global Dialogue, located in Rüschlikon, Switzerland. The Conference on Information Law and Policy for the Information Economy is an annual gathering of a small group of selected experts from around the globe to focus on the legal and policy debates of the global information society. The conference took place from Thursday, July 11 to Saturday, July 13, 2002.
July 10, New Architect: That's What I Want
Professor Lessig is quoted in a New Architect article, That's What I Want, on user-friendly digital rights management systems and fair use.
July 10, Open Code, Open Source
Open Code, Open Source is now available in Chinese on netlawcn.com, a web site specially designed for China's Internet law and IP law professionals. You may need to turn on Simplified Chinese (GB2312) to view.
July 10, Wireless Revolution: Defiant Indians
Professor Lessig is quoted in an article on spread-spectrum transmissions in Reason magazine. Wireless Revolution: Defiant Indians discusses Native Americans who have created wireless networks on their reservations.
July 9, Expert: New Technologies Blunt Government Spectrum Plan
The National Journal's Technology Daily briefly mentions Professor Lessig in Expert: New Technologies Blunt Government Spectrum Plan, a story on the spectrum-management policies during ILAW.
July 6, Control freaks tightening their grip on the Internet
Dan Gillmore of the San Jose Mercury News mentions Professor Lessig in his latest column, Control freaks tightening their grip on the Internet.
July 5, ILAW (Berkman Internet Law Program Blogging)
Now that ILAW is over, here's a compendium of some of the real-time blogging from the conference:
- ILAW Day 1 -- Professor Lessig presented Introduction: Law, Code, Market, and Social Norms
- ILAW Day 2 -- Recent Litigation: Reimerdes and Eldred
- ILAW Day 3 -- Professor Lessig's debate against Jason Matusow, Program Manager of the Shared Source Initiative, Microsoft Corporation, QA session following immediately afterwards, and Lessig on Speech
- ILAW Day 4 -- Access to the Internet
Also, make sure to visit Donna Wentworth's Copyfight for more real-time blogging from ILAW.
- Introduction: Law, Code, Market, and Social Norms: Looking at Law in Cyberspace, Why is architecture your baby?, Having policymakers listen / I'm not a libertarian
- Recent Litigation: Reimerdes and Eldred: The Story of Eldred
- Professor Lessig v. Jason Matusow: Debate, more debate, audience Q&A
- On "Speech": Talk and Q&A, on open discussion spaces
- Access to the Internet: the talk, audience Q&A
Donna has also posted a guide to all her blog material of the ILAW's events.