Lawrence Lessig (b.1961,) fully Lester Lawrence “Larry” Lessig III, is an American legal scholar, political activist, and professor known for his work on copyright law, internet freedom, and campaign finance reform.
Born in Rapid City, South Dakota, he studied economics and management at the University of Pennsylvania, philosophy at Cambridge University, and law at Yale University. He clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia before entering academia.
Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School and founded Creative Commons and Equal Citizens. He established the Stanford Center for Internet and Society before returning to Harvard to direct the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. His campaign finance reform advocacy led to his brief 2016 U.S. presidential candidacy.
His books explore law, technology, and political corruption, including Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999,) The Future of Ideas (2001,) Free Culture (2004,) Remix (2008,) Republic, Lost (2011,) and They Don’t Represent Us (2019.)
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A culture without property, or in which creators can’t get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
—Lawrence Lessig
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