Laws that choke creativity

TED2007 · 18:56 · Filmed Mar 2007

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Charles Leadbeater: The era of open innovation

Lawrence Lessig, the Net’s most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the "ASCAP cartel" in his argument for reviving our creative culture.

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Lawrence Lessig

Legal activist

Lawrence Lessig has already transformed intellectual-property law with his Creative Commons innovation. Now he's focused on an even bigger problem: The US' broken political system. Full bio