Lawrence Lessig

Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School

Executive member
Region - USA

Biography

Lawrence Lessig is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking work as cofounder of Creative Commons. Creativity based on collaboration is absolutely fundamental to everything that makes the Web successful and wonderful—but none of that would be possible without the ability (and encouragement) to share, mix, and match creative works. Lessig has spent his life and career standing up for collaboration (and standing up to those who seek to inhibit creative cooperation), as well as defending Net Neutrality and the free and open software movement…in other words, all things essential to the Web’s awesomeness. A recipient of The Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014—the 25th Anniversary of the Web—Lawrence Lessig is a true hero of the open, collaborative Web, and an all around fantastic human being.

So, I'm not dead yet.

Photos

  1. Professor Lawrence Lessig at the 18th Annual Webby Awards

  2. Lawrence Lessig Accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award from fellow IADAS member Alexis Ohanian at The 18th Annual Webby Awards

  3. Lawrence Lessig at the 18th Annual Webby Awards

Videos

  1. Lawrence Lessig's 5-Word Speech at the 18th Annual Webby Awards
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  2. Cofounder of Creative Commons Lawrence Lessig on the red carpet at the 18th Annual Webby Awards
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  3. Alexis Ohanian Presents Lawrence Lessig with Webby Lifetime Achievement at the 18th Annual Webbys
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