Fight the Copyright Lockdown, Lessig Argues
February 19, 2004
Rethink copyright and revive our creative culture, argued Stanford Law School Professor
Lawrence Lessig in a speech at the
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University last week. Lessig's multi-media pitch compared the absurdity of recent copyright restrictions with a radical alternative -- a world in which people can rip, mix, and burn pieces of their digital surroundings into new creations. Read more about the presentation in
Rip, Mix, and Burn, a Berkman Center Briefing about Lessig's case for Free Culture.