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Lawrence Lessig At Law And Technology Of DRM 2003

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Larry explains why he feels we need to reframe the problem of DRM because a lot of really smart people have been working on it “forever” to no avail. He talks about the three kinds of copyright holders out there: those who want “none” “some” or “all” of their rights protected and the different ways in which Creative Commons addresses the needs of the “somes” and “nones” that have been virtually ignored up until now.
He also talks a bit about the Eldred case.
Lawrence Lessig – Part 1 of 2 (Small – 16 MB)
Lawrence Lessig – Part 2 of 2 (Small – 15 MB)
Lawrence Lessig – Complete (Small – 31 MB)
No Hi-res at this time – Coming soon…

Audio – Lawrence Lessig – Complete (MP3 – 20 MB)
Here’s a transcript.









Public Domain Dedication
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Lawrence Lessig At SXSW 2003 – Audio and Video Files

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Better late than never!
As promised, here are MP3s, “small” and high resolution videos of Lessig’s Sunday, March 9, 2003 presentation at SXSW 2003.
Please see the notes below each clip regarding its contents.
(Parts 1-3 of the MP3 don’t match the Parts 1-3 of the “smalls,” for instance.)
The notes will help you figure it out.
The Q and A clips that are available on their own have the questions edited out to save on file sizes. (And since my camera wasn’t able to pick up the questions anyway.)
Lessig’s answers make it pretty clear what the questions were.
I have dedicated this work to the Public Domain.

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Lessig On The New Anti-Spam Bill He’s Betting His Job On

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This is a clip from my local San Francisco news station KTVU, from last Monday night.
(Many apologies for the late turn around – I am swamped people! Swamped!)
Lawrence Lessig is helping Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren to spread the word about the launch of her new anti-spam bill, The Reduced Spam Act of 2003.
The bill would protect a business’s right to send correspondence to its existing customer base, while providing a cash bounty to users-at-large who are the first to report spam.
More on this in the days to come — as you can see I’ve started a category to start tracking spam legislation as it inches along through the various State Legislatures.
I think this kind of legislation is very important. We need it, but we need to protect the right to send unsolicited email. (I get great unsolicited email all the time, and I probably send even more of it.)
Lofgren’s Anti-Spam Bill, KTVU – Channel 2 News 4-28-03 (Small – 6 MB)
Lofgren’s Anti-Spam Bill, KTVU – Channel 2 News 4-28-03 (Hi-Res – 97 MB)
Audio – Lofgren’s Anti-Spam Bill, KTVU – Channel 2 News 4-28-03 (MP3 – 4 MB)



Lessig, Barlow, Valenti at Creative Commons Launch

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I’ll be putting up a movie every day this week: Lawrence Lessig, John Perry Barlow and Jack Valenti today, DJ Spooky Tomorrow, Brewster Khale and (mini-brewster), Craig Newmark, Aaron Swartz and Vicki Bennett as the week goes on…
(Lower resolultion versions available now.)
First Part of Larry’s speech (92.4 MB)
John Perry Barlow and Jack Valenti speeches (75.2 MB)
Second Part of Larry’s speech (78.6 MB)