http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/21/lessig-turns-from-ip-to-politics-and-government-corruption/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/21/lessig-turns-from-ip-to-politics-and-government-corruption/comment-page-1/#comment-36619 And He Blogs » Lessig’s New Direction Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:38:10 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/21/lessig-turns-from-ip-to-politics-and-government-corruption/#comment-36619 [...] Some interesting news was brought to my attention this morning, via Wes Fryer, that Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig will be shifting his focus from academic work, to what he calls the “corruption” of the political process. He states that “our government can’t understand basic facts when strong interests have an interest in its misunderstanding.” It became clear to me that this was no 180 degree turn for Lessig, but in fact directly related to his work on copyright and IP issues. He sees the constant renewal of certain copyright holdings (can you say Mickey Mouse?) as, to put it bluntly, idiocy. [...] [...] Some interesting news was brought to my attention this morning, via Wes Fryer, that Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig will be shifting his focus from academic work, to what he calls the “corruption” of the political process. He states that “our government can’t understand basic facts when strong interests have an interest in its misunderstanding.” It became clear to me that this was no 180 degree turn for Lessig, but in fact directly related to his work on copyright and IP issues. He sees the constant renewal of certain copyright holdings (can you say Mickey Mouse?) as, to put it bluntly, idiocy. [...]

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