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Public Good vs. Private Gain in the Networking Age (...more)
IP rights exist to reward creativity and stimulate new innovation. But when do ownership rights go beyond this role to actually stifle access, expression, and the common good?...

November 16, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

End of Semester Remarks (...more)
With the last day of classes now behind us I'd like to share some final thoughts. For the first time all in one place here are a few of the important aphorisms we explored this semester. The Internet and the...

April 13, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Representation exceeds Reality (...more)
On your right is a poorly made collage which superimposes Lessig's face on the head of Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader Che Guevara (left). In the middle is a symbol of the now defunct political rap-rock-punk band Rage...

March 10, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Words to live by (...more)
Our traditional notions of scientific method use thorough investigation based on sound established precepts and distinct, definitive proof to light the path toward acquiring knowledge. But in an age of unprecedented transformation, where new technologies reconfigure our modes of communication...

March 9, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack

Prometheus (...more)
Do you like Greek Mythology? The stories of Prometheus may have something to teach us about our current age. Prometheus was known as the most intelligent 'Titan' --a species of god that inhabited the earth before man was created. As...

February 5, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack