
Lawrence Lessig
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1961-06-03
Place of birth: Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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, an advisory board member of the Sunlight Foundation and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lawrence Lessig licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
2008Self
Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property
2007Self
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006Self - Copyright Attorney and Author
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
2014SelfAlternative Freedom
2006Himself
Killswitch
2015Self
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
2017Himself
Meeting Snowden
2017Self - Law Professor
Democracy (s)?
2018
Google and the World Brain
2013Himself
The Swamp
2020Self
Democracy for $ale
2020Self - Law Professor