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.
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Videos
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Lawrence Lessig's 5-Word Speech at the 18th Annual Webby AwardsWatch Video
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Cofounder of Creative Commons Lawrence Lessig on the red carpet at the 18th Annual Webby AwardsWatch Video
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Alexis Ohanian Presents Lawrence Lessig with Webby Lifetime Achievement at the 18th Annual WebbysWatch Video