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Lawrence Lessig 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 650 736 0999

Lawrence Lessig
20 Amory St
Brookline, MA 02446
617-487-5307
(as of January 11, 2010)
EDUCATION
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT,
J.D., 1989.
Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK,
M.A. Philosophy, Honors First Class, 1986.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,
B.A. Economics, B.S. Management (Wharton), 1983.
EMPLOYMENT AND POSITIONS
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Director, Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, 2009-
present; Professor of Law, 2009-present.
Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA,
C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law,
2005-2009; John A. Wilson Distinguished Faculty Scholar
2003-05; Wilson Faculty Scholar, 2002; Professor of Law,
2000-2002; Co-Director, Center for Internet and Society 2000-
present; Courses taught: Contracts, Constitutional Law I
(structure, equal protection, due process), Constitutional Law II
(First Amendment), Torts, Contracts. Seminars taught: Open
Sources, Patents in Developing Worlds, Architectures of Identity,
Law of the Virtual World, Contracts II; Immunity; Research on
Corruption; Fair Use in Film.
American Academy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
Fellow, 2007-2008.
Wired Magazine, San Francisco, CA,
Columnist, 2003-2007.
Creative Commons, San Francisco, CA,
CEO, 2001-2007.
Red Herring, San Francisco, CA,
Columnist, 2002-2003.
CIO Insight, New York, NY,
Columnist, 2002-2003.
Business Law Center, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan,
Fellow, 2002.
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Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
Fellow, 1999-2000.
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA,
Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial
Legal Studies, 1998; Professor of Law, 1997-2000; Visiting
Professor of Law, Winter term, 1997. Courses taught: Contracts,
Constitutional Law. Seminars taught: The Microsoft Case, The
Law of Cyberspace: Social Protocols, The High-Tech
Entrepreneur, Fidelity.
The Industry Standard, San Francisco, CA,
Columnist, 1998-2001.
Program on Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA,
Fellow, 1996-1997.
The Yale Law School, New Haven, CT,
Visiting Professor of Law, Spring term, 1995. Course taught:
Antitrust. Seminar taught: The Law of Cyberspace.
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL,
Professor of Law, 1995-97; Assistant Professor of Law,
1991-1995. Co-Director, Center for the Study of
Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe. Courses taught:
Constitutional Law I (federalism, separation of powers, judicial
review); Constitutional Law II (free speech); Contracts. Seminars
taught: The Law of Cyberspace; The Public Good; Comparative
Constitutional Law; Legal Theory Workshop; Fidelity Theory:
Theories of Originalism.
Lexis Counsel Connect, Miamisburg, OH,
Moderator, Constitutional Law Discussion Group, 1994-1995.
Legal Studies Programme, CEU Budapest College, Budapest,
Hungary,
Lecturer in LLM program for Eastern and Central European
lawyers. Courses taught: Law and Economics, Separation of
Powers, and Constitutional Privacy. Summer, 1992, 1993, 1995
(Budapest); 1994 (Moscow).
Justice Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court,
Washington, DC
Law Clerk, 1990-1991.
Judge Richard Posner; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit,
Chicago, IL,
Law Clerk, 1989-1990.
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BOARDS
Creative Commons, San Francisco, CA,
Member of the Board, 2007-present,
Chairman of the Board, 2001-2007.
Freedom House, Washington, DC,
Member of the Board, 2008-present.
MAPLight.org, Berkeley, CA,
Member of the Board, 2008-present.
Free Press, Washington, DC,
Member of the Board, 2007-2009.
Journal of Academic Legal Studies,
Member, Advisory Board, 2008-present.
Brave New Films Foundation, Los Angeles, CA,
Chairman of the Board, 2008-present,
Member of the Board, 2007-2008.
Change Congress, San Francisco, CA,
Member of the Board, 2008-present.
iCommons, London, UK,
Member of the Board, 2005-present.
Sunlight Foundation, Washington, DC,
Member of the Advisory Board, 2008-present.
LifeJournal, San Francisco, CA,
Member of the Advisory Board, 2008-2009.
American Academy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
Member of the Board, 2008-present.
Software Freedom Law Center, New York, NY,
Member of the Board, 2005-2008.
Public Library of Science; San Francisco, CA,
Member of the Board of Directors, 2003-2007.
Public Knowledge, Washington, DC,
Member of the Board, 2002-2007.
Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA,
Member of the Board, 2002-2007.
Free Software Foundation, Cambridge, MA,
Member of the Board, 2004-2007.
Red Hat Center for the Public Domain, Durham, NC,
Board Member, 2000-2001.
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Penn National Commission on Society, Culture and Community,
Philadelphia, PA,
Commission Member, 1997-98.
Lexis-Nexis Electronic Authors Press, Miamisburg, OH,
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, 1995-1997.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Honorary Doctorate, University of Amsterdam
2010.
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA,
Fellow, 2007.
American Academy of Art and Science, Cambridge, MA,
Fellow, 2006.
Monaco Media Prize Winner, 2008.
Finalist, FT Best Business Book, 2008.
National Law Journal “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America,”
2000, 2006.
Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free
Software, 2003.
Scientific American, Top 50 Innovators, 2002.
Editors’ Choice, Best Non-Technical Book, Linux Journal, 2002.
World Technology Award for Law, 2001, 2009.
BusinessWeek “25 Top eBiz Leaders,” 2001, 2000.
TESTIMONY AND LITIGATION
Hearing on “The Future of the Internet,”
US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation,
2008
Hearing on “Network Neutrality,”
US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation,
2006
H.R. 107 – The Digital Media Consumers’ Rights act of 2003
House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer
Protection, 2004.
Kahle v. Ashcroft (2004)
Counsel for the plaintiff.
Hardwicke v. American Boychoir (2003),
Counsel for the plaintiff.
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Eldred v. Ashcroft (2003),
Counsel of Record in challenge to 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright
Term Extension Act.
Government Role in Promoting the Future of Telecommunications
Industry and Broadband Deployment,
US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation,
2002.
Exemptions from Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act ,
Copyright Office, 2002.
Universal Music v. Corley (2001),
Author, Amicus Brief.
Simon v. AT&T (2001),
Plaintiffs’ expert.
A&M Records v. Napster (2000),
Defendant’s expert .
Microsystems Software v. Scandinavia Online (1999),
Author, Amicus Brief.
United States v. Microsoft (1997-2002),
Author. Amicus Brief, 2000,
Testimony before Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2001.
In the Matter of AT&T/Media One,
FCC filing (with Mark Lemley), 1999.
ICANN DNS Proposal,
NTIA comments, 1998.
Child Online Protection Act,
Testimony before House Subcommittee on Telecommunications
and Consumer Protection, 1998.
Anti-Paparazzi Legislation,
Testimony before House Judiciary Committee, 1998 .
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy,
Penguin Press, 2008.
Code Version 2,
Basic Books, 2007.
Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to
Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
Penguin Press, 2004.
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The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected
World,
Random House, 2001.
Code, and Other Laws of Cyberspace,
Basic Books, 1999.
ARTICLES
For the Love of Culture: Google, copyright, and our future
The New Republic, February 2, 2010.
Against Transparency
The New Republic, October 21, 2009.
What Everybody Knows and What Too Few Accept: Comment on
Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co
123 Harv. L. Rev. 104 (2009).
Does Copyright Have Limits? Eldred v. Ashcroft and its Aftermath
in OPEN CONTENT LICENSING: CULTIVATING THE CREATIVE
COMMONS (Brian Fitzgerald ed., Sydney University Press,
2007).
The Vision for the Creative Commons: What are We and Where
are We Headed? Free Culture
in OPEN CONTENT LICENSING: CULTIVATING THE
CREATIVE COMMONS, Sydney University Press (2007).
Cyberspace and Freedom of Expression: What Things Regulate
Speech: CDA2.0 vs. Filtering
in LAW AND SOCIETY APPROACHES TO CYBERSPACE (Paul
Schiff Berman ed., Ashgate Publishing, 2007).
The Code of Privacy,
151 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 283
(2007).
Foreword
Symposium: Cultural Environmentalism @ 10, 70 Law and
Contemporary Problems 1 (2007).
Foreword
in FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: RESISTANCE AND
REPRESSION IN THE AGE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY,
University of Minnesota Press (2007).
.Commons
in NORMS AND THE LAW, Cambridge University Press (2006).
Creativity in Real Space
in CENSORING CULTURE: CONTEMPORARY THREATS TO
FREE EXPRESSION, New Press (2006).
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The Second Annual Distinguished Lecture in Intellectual Property
and Communications Law: Creative Economies
1 Michigan State Law Review 1 (2006).
Re-crafting a Public Domain
18 Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities 56 (Special Issue
2006).
Foreword
in OPEN SOURCE LICENSING: SOFTWARE FREEDOM AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, Prentice Hall (2005).
(Re)Creativity: How Creativity Lives
in COPYRIGHT AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
ELGAR PUBLISHERS (2005).
The Failures of Fair Use and the Future of Free Culture
in CUT: FILM AS FOUND OBJECT IN CONTEMPORARY
VIDEO, Milwaukee Art Museum (2005).
Reply: Re-Marking the Progress in Frischmann
89 Minnesota Law Review 1031 (2005).
Creative Freedom for All
in THE BEST AMERICAN LEGAL COMMENTARY, Universal
Publishers (2005).
The Laws of Cyberspace
in READINGS IN CYBERETHICS, Jones and Bartlett Publishers
(2004).
Preface
in DU BON USAGE DE LA PIRATERIE, Exils Editeur (2004).
Coase’s First Question
27 Regulation (Fall 2004).
Free(ing) Culture for Remix
4 Utah Law Review 961-975 (2004).
Ideas Without Boundaries: Creating and Protecting Intellectual
Property in the International Arena
24 Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review (2004).
The Creative Commons
65 Montana Law Review (Winter 2004).
The Balance of Robert Kastenmeier
4 Wisconsin Law Review (2004).
The Lesson Patterson Taught
11 Journal of Intellectual Property Law ix (2003).
Law Regulating Code Regulating Law
Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal (2003).
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The Creative Commons
55 Florida Law Review 763 (2003).
An Information Society: Free or Feudal?
The COOK Report on Internet 102 (2003).
Governance
The COOK Report on Internet 34 (2003).
The Place of Cyberlaw
in THE PLACE OF LAW (Austin Sarat & Martha Merrill
Umphrey, eds. 2002).
Open Source Baselines: Compared to What?
in GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARD OPEN SOURCE
SOFTWARE (Robert W. Hahn, ed. 2002).
Ley del Caballo: Lo Que el Ciberderecho Podria Ensenar
in DERECHO Y TECNOLOGIAS DE LA INFORMACION,
Fundacion Fernando Fueyo Laneri (2002).
Introduction
in FREE SOFTWARE, FREE SOCIETY: SELECTED ESSAYS OF
RICHARD M. STALLMAN AND JOSHUA GAY, GNU Press
(2002).
May The Source Be With You
in THE STANDARD’S EDGE, Bolin Communications (2002).
A Regra Dos Direitos Autorais
in PROPRIEDADE INTELECTUAL & INTERNET: UMA
PERSPECTIVA INTEGRADA ‘A SOCIEDADE DA
INFORMACAO’, Jurua Editora (2002).
Privacy as Property
69 Social Research 247-269 (2002).
The Architecture of Innovation
51 Duke Law Journal 1783 (2002).
Innovating Copyright
20 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 611 (2002).
The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach
in COMMUNICATIONS LAW AND POLICY: CASES AND
MATERIALS, Aspen Law and Business (2001).
The End of End-to-End: Preserving the Architecture of the
Internet in the Broadband Era
(with Mark Lemley)
48 UCLA Law Review 925 (2001).
Architecting Innovation
49 Drake Law Review 397 (2001).
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Preface to a Conference on Trust
81 Boston University Law Review 329 (2001).
The Internet Under Siege
Foreign Policy (November 1, 2001).
Privacy and Attention Span
89 Georgetown Law Journal 2063 (2001).
Copyright’s First Amendment
48 UCLA Law Review 1057 (2001).
A Roundtable Discussion with Lawrence Lessig, David G. Post,
and Jeffrey Rosen
49 Drake Law Review 441 (2001).
Foreword: Symposium Cyberspace and Privacy
52 Stanford Law Review 987 (2000).
Open Access to Cable Modems (with Mark A. Lemley)
22 Whittier Law Review 3 (2000).
The Death of Cyberspace
57 Washington & Lee Law Review 337 (2000).
Code is Law: On Liberty in Cyberspace
Harvard Magazine, (Jan-Feb 2000).
Innovation, Regulation and the Internet
11 American Prospect (March 2000).
The Architecture of Mandated Access Controls
in COMPETITION, REGULATION, AND CONVERGENCE:
CURRENT TRENDS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
RESEARCH, Lawrence Erlbaum (2001).
On the Contribution of Robert Fano
Proceedings of the IEEE (December 1999).
The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach
113 Harvard Law Review 501 (1999).
Zoning Internet Speech
(with Paul Resnick)
98 Michigan Law Review 395(1999).
The Limits in Open Code: Regulatory Standards and the Future of
the Net
14 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 759 (1999).
The Architecture of Privacy
1 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment Law & Practice 56
(1999).
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Commons and Code
9 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law
Journal 459 (1999).
Open Code and Open Societies: Values of Internet Governance
74 Chicago Kent Law Review 1405 (1999).
Understanding Federalism’s Text
66 George Washington Law Review 1218 (1998).
What Things Regulate Speech
38 Jurimetrics 629 (Summer 1998).
The New Chicago School
27 Journal of Legal Studies 661 (1998).
Judicial Influence: A Citation Analysis of Federal Courts of
Appeals Judges
(with William Landes and Michael Solimine)
27 Journal of Legal Studies 271 (1998).
The Erie-Effects of Volume 110: An Essay on Context in
Interpretive Theory
110 Harvard Law Review 1785 (1997).
Lessons from a Line Item Veto Law
47 Case Western Reserve Law Review 1659 (1997).
The Puzzling Persistence of Bellbottom Theory: What a
Constitutional Theory Should Be
15 Georgetown Law Journal 1837 (1997).
The Constitution of Code: Limitations on Choice-Based Critiques
of Cyberspace Regulation
5 CommLaw Conspectus 181 (1997).
Intellectual Property and Code
11 St. Johns Journal of Legal Commentary 635 (1997).
Constitution and Code
27 Cumberland Law Review 1 (1997).
Fidelity and Constraint
65 Fordham Law Review 1365 (1997).
Reading the Constitution in Cyberspace
45 Emory Law Review 869 (1996).
The Zones of Cyberspace
48 Stanford Law Review 1403 (1996).
Translating Federalism: United States v. Lopez
1995 Supreme Court Review 125 (1996).
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What Drives Derivability: Response to Responding to
Imperfection (Book Review)
74 Texas Law Review 839 (1996).
Post-Constitutionalism (Book Review)
94 Michigan Law Review 1422 (1996).
Making Sense of the Hague Tribunal
Eastern European Constitutional Review, Fall, 1996.
Grounding the Virtual Magistrate
(with Jack Goldsmith)
http://www.law.vill.edu/ncair/disres/groundvm.htm .
Social Meaning and Social Norms
144 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 2181 (1996).
The Limits of Lieber
16 Cardozo Law Review. 2249 (1995).
The Path of Cyberlaw
104 Yale Law Journal. 1743 (1995).
The Regulation of Social Meaning
62 University of Chicago Law Review 943 (1995).
Understanding Changed Readings: Fidelity and Theory
47 Stanford Law Review 395 (1995).
An Introduction to the New Russian Constitutional Court
Eastern European Constitutional Review, (Winter 1995).
An Empirical Analysis of the 7th Circuit
43 DePaul Law Review 673 (1994).
A Review of the Russian Constitution: Separation of Powers
ABA CEELI Project Report, January, 1994.
Redesigning the Russian Court
3 East European Constitutional Review 72-73 (Fall 1994).
The President and the Administration
(with Cass Sunstein)
94 Columbia Law Review 1 (1994).
The Path of the Presidency
3 East European Constitutional Review 104 (1994).
Readings by Our Unitary Executive
15 Cardozo Law Review 175 (1993).
Fidelity in Translation
71 Texas Law Review 1165 (1993).
Plastics: Unger and Ackerman on Transformation
98 Yale Law Review 1173 (1989).
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ESSAYS
Change 2.0
Newsweek, December 3, 2008.
How the Founders Failed,
Stanford Magazine, September, 2008.
Copyright and Politics Don’t Mix
New York Times, October 21, 2008
Why the Banks All Fell Down
Newsweek, October 18, 2008.
Independence 2.0
Metroactive, August 6, 2008.
Little Orphan Artworks
New York Times, May 20, 2008.
Public Must Fight to Maintain Net Neutrality
(with Ben Scott) San Francisco Chronicle, April 17, 2008.
Lucasfilm’s Phantom Menace,
Washington Post, July 12, 2007, at A23.
Credit where Credit’s Due
Harper’s Magazine, April 2007.
Make Way for Copyright Chaos
New York Times, March 18, 2007.
I Blew it on Microsoft
Wired, January 2007.
Do Not Bow Down Before the Famous on Copyright
Financial Times, December 7, 2006.
A Costly Addiction
Wired Magazine, November 1, 2006.
Congress Must Keep Broadband Competition Alive
Financial Times, October, 19, 2006.
Reborn on the Bayou
Wired Magazine, October 2006.
Free, as in Beer
Wired Magazine, September 1, 2006.
Where the Truth Lies
Wired Magazine, July 1, 2006.
No Tolls on the Internet
(with Robert McChesney), The Washington Post, June 8, 2006.
Crushing Competition
Wired Magazine, May 1, 2006.
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Can Microsoft Save the Net?
Wired Magazine, March 1, 2006.
When Theft Serves Art
Wired Magazine, January 1, 2006.
Creatives Face a Closed Net
Financial Times, December 2005.
Google’s Tough Call
Wired Magazine, November 1, 2005.
The March of the Web-Enabled Amateurs
Financial Times, December 29, 2005.
A Rotten Ruling
Wired Magazine, September 1, 2005.
Do You Floss?
27 London Review of Books No. 16, August 18, 2005.
The Same Old Song
Wired Magazine, July 1, 2005.
Epstein is Smart, but Still Wrong
Technology Review, June 2005.
The People Own Ideas!
Technology Review, June 2005.
Voice-Over-IP’s Unlikely Hero
Wired Magazine, May 1, 2005.
Why Your Broadband Sucks
Wired Magazine, March 1, 2005.
Why Wilco is the Future of Music
Wired Magazine, February 1, 2005.
Let a Thousand Googles Bloom
Los Angeles Times, January 12, 2005.
They’re Not Worthy
Wired Magazine, January 1, 2005.
Technology over Ideology
Wired Magazine, December 1, 2004.
Bytes and Bullets
Washington Post, November 24, 2004.
Our Kids are in Big Trouble
Wired Magazine, October 1, 2004.
Porn Free
Wired Magazine, September 1, 2004.
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Copyrighting the President
Wired Magazine, August 1, 2004.
Fair Use of ‘Fair and Balanced’?
Daily Variety, July 14, 2004.
Stamping out Good Science
Wired Magazine, July 1, 2004.
Antitrust Smackdown
Wired Magazine, June 1, 2004.
Protectionism Will Kill Recovery!
Wired Magazine, May 1, 2004.
The Stump Speech Silicon Valley Needs to Hear
Wired Magazine, April 1, 2004.
How I Lost the Big One
Legal Affairs, March/April 2004.
Insanely Destructive Devices
Wired Magazine, March 1, 2004.
Internet Providers Must Not Dictate Content
Financial Times, February 20, 2004.
The Commons That Libraries Build
Library Journal, February 15, 2004
Stop Making Pills Political Prisoners
Wired Magazine, February 1, 2004.
A modest proposal: Hold Hollywood hostage till we kill farm
subsidies
Wired Magazine, January 1, 2004.
Fiber to the People
Wired Magazine, December 1, 2003.
The New Road to the White House
Wired Magazine, November 1, 2003.
Open Source, Closed Minds
eWeek.com, October 1, 2003.
The BBC’s lessons for America
Financial Times, September 8, 2003.
Code Breaking: Service Calls
CIO Insight, June 16, 2003.
Spamsters Know the Law Will Never Be Enforced
Philadelphia Enquirer, May 9, 2003.
How to unspam the Internet
Philadelphia Enquirer, May 4, 2003.
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Wireless Spectrum: Defining the ‘Commons’ in Cyberspace
CIO Insight, March 13, 2003.
Laying Down the Law
The Guardian(London), March 13, 2003.
Spectrum For All
CIO Insight, March 1, 2003.
Protecting Mickey Mouse at Art’s Expense
New York Times, January 18, 2003.
Copy cats and robotic dogs
Red Herring, January 10, 2003.
A Threat to Innovation on the Web
Financial Times, December 12, 2002.
Racing Against Time
CIO Insight, December 1, 2002.
Copyright Law and Roasted Pig
Red Herring, October 22, 2002.
Time to End the Race for Ever-Longer Copyright
Financial Times, October 17, 2002.
A Bounty on Spammers
CIO Insight, September 16, 2002.
Anti-Trusting Microsoft
Red Herring, September 10, 2002.
Hollywood v. Silicon Valley: Make Code, Not War
CIO Insight, June 17, 2002.
The End of Innovation?
Stanford Lawyer, Spring 2002.
US Should Speed Broadband Development
Newsday, January 10, 2002.
Who’s Holding Back Broadband?
Washington Post, January 8, 2002.
May the Source Be With You
Wired, December 2001.
The Internet’s Undoing
Financial Times, November 29, 2001.
It’s Still a Safe World for Microsoft
New York Times, November 9, 2001.
Visible Hand
The Industry Standard, August 13, 2001.
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Jail Time in the Digital Age
New York Times, July 30, 2001.
Jail Time, Digital Style
Moscow Times, July 31, 2001.
Antitrust and Verify: Will Microsoft Admit It Has Lost?
The New Republic, July 23, 2001.
The Limits of Credibility
The Industry Standard, July 23, 2001.
Artful Dodges
The Industry Standard, June 18, 2001.
Copyright Thugs
The Industry Standard, May 7, 2001.
Copyright Extensions Absurd
New York Times, April 30, 2001.
Let the Stories Go
New York Times, April 30, 2001.
Just Compensation
The Industry Standard, April 16, 2001.
Adobe in Wonderland
The Industry Standard, March 19, 2001.
The Rules of Politics
The Industry Standard, January 15, 2001.
The Rules of Law
The Industry Standard, December 4, 2000.
Government Property
The Industry Standard, October 30, 2000.
Straitjacket on the Internet?
Washington Post, October 25, 2000.
Copyrights Rule
The Industry Standard, October 2, 2000.
Behind the Curtain
The Industry Standard, September 4, 2000.
Microsoft Misreads Professor Lessig. Tie Game.
The New Republic, August 14, 2000.
Right Back At Ya
The Industry Standard, July 24, 2000.
Europe’s “Me-Too” Patent Law
Financial Times, July 11, 2000.
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End Game
The New Republic, June 19, 2000.
The Limits of Copyright
The Industry Standard, June 19, 2000.
Will AOL Own Everything?
Time, June 19, 2000.
A Letter to Bill
The Industry Standard, June 5, 2000.
Cracking the Microsoft Case
(with Larry Kramer)
Boston Globe, June 5, 2000
Technology Will Solve Web Privacy Problems
Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2000.
In Search of Skeptics
The Industry Standard, April 17, 2000.
Battling Censorware
The Industry Standard, April 3, 2000.
Should Public Policy Promote Open-Source Software?
American Prospect, April 3, 2000.
Online Patents: Keep Them Pending
Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2000.
Cyberspace Prosecutor
The Industry Standard, February 21, 2000.
Who’s Controlling Cyberspace?
Computerworld, February 7, 2000.
Judgment Calls
Daily Deal, February 2, 2000.
Patent Problems
The Industry Standard, January 21, 2000.
Connection Trouble
Slate Magazine, January 20, 2000.
Common Ground
Slate Magazine, January 19, 2000.
Cyber-Liberty Depends on the Architecture
Slate Magazine, January 18, 2000.
Real World Libertarians and the Net
Slate Magazine, January 17, 2000.
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Slate Magazine, January 17, 2000.
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The Net, Version 2000
The Industry Standard, December 27, 1999.
The Prolific Iconoclast: Richard Posner
American Lawyer 109, December 1999.
The Code of Cyberspace
The Industry Standard, December 6, 1999.
G-Rated Browsers
The Industry Standard, December 3, 1999.
Architecting Innovation
The Industry Standard, November 14, 1999.
Filtering Content
The Industry Standard, October 15, 1999.
Thinking Different(ly)
The Industry Standard, September 10, 1999.
The Cable Debate, Pt. II
The Industry Standard, July 20, 1999.
Broadband Blackmail
The Industry Standard, June 15, 1999.
Coding Privacy
The Industry Standard, May 20, 1999.
The Problem with Patents
The Industry Standard, April 23, 1999.
The Code is the Law
The Industry Standard, April 9, 1999.
Memo to the Leviathan
The Industry Standard, March 5, 1999.
Pain in the OS
The Industry Standard, February 5, 1999.
The Spam Wars
The Industry Standard, December 31, 1998.
Net Gains: Will Technology Make CBS Unconstitutional?
(with Yochai Benkler)
New Republic, December 14, 1998.
Sign It and Weep
The Industry Standard, November 20, 1998.
Digital Dog Tags
The Industry Standard, October 16, 1998.
A Bad Turn for Net Governance
The Industry Standard, September 18, 1998.
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In Defiance of the Public Interest
The Washington Post, July 13, 1998.
Tyranny in the Infrastructure
Wired Magazine, 5.07, July, 1997.
A Good Plan for a Bad Idea
Wall Street Journal, December 6, 1996.
An End Run to a Balanced Budget
L.A. Times, January 17, 1995.
The Supreme Court and Our Future
38 University of Chicago Law School Record 13 (1992).
ADDRESSES, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
Amsterdam University
January 9, 2010
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Topic: Lecture upon the Occasion of an Honorary Degree
Bowling Green University
December 2, 2009
Bowling Green, OH
Topic: From Copyright to Corruption
Forum d’Avignon
November 20, 2009
Avignon, France
Topic: Copyright Reform
Swedish Parliament Lecture
November 18, 2009
Stockholm, Sweden
Topic: Copyright Reform
Discussion with Moderate Party
November 17, 2009
Stockholm, Sweden
Topic: Copyright reform
University of Georgia
November 16, 2009
Tbilisi, Georgia
Topic: Georgian Constitution
Harvard Alumni Association
November 9, 2009
Cambridge, MA
Topic: Institutional Corruption
Educause 2009
November 5, 2009
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Denver, CO
Topic: Science and Copyright
Safra Center Public Lecture
October 8, 2009
Cambridge, MA
Topic: Institutional Corruption
Database Center for Life Science Symposium
October 5, 2009
Tokyo, Japan
Topic: Copyright reform
Copyright in the Digital Age
October 4, 2009
Kyoto, Japan
Topic: Copyright reform
C-C House Party
September 24, 2009
San Francisco, CA
Topic: Change Congress
C-C House Party
September 23, 2009
Cupertino, CA
Topic: Change Congress
Netroots Nation
August 15, 2009
Pittsburgh, PA
Topic: Change Congress
Al Gore IT Solutions Summit
August 4, 2009
San Francisco, CA
Topic: Change Congress
The Google Settlement
July 31, 2009
Cambridge, MA
Topic: Google Books Settlement
World Technology Network
July 16, 2009
New York, NY
Topic: Award ceremony
Aspen Ideas Festival
July 3, 2009
Aspen, CO
Topic: Change Congress
America’s Future Conference
June 1, 2009
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Washington, DC
Topic: Change Congress
Banco Court Public Lecture
May 29, 2009
Brisbane, Australia
Topic: Corruption
Vice Chancellor’s Breakfast Event
May 29, 2009
Brisbane, Australia
Topic: What Change Obama Needs
Copyright Conference
May 27, 2009
Canberra, Australia
Topic: The Culture Wars
German Trend Conference
May 14, 2009
Hamburg, Germany
Topic: Remix
Brennan Center
May 8, 2009
Washington, DC
Topic: Change Congress
Classical Residence, Stanford
May 5, 2009
Palo Alto, CA
Topic: Change Congress
Mori Museum
May 1, 2009
Tokyo, Japan
Topic: Remix
Science and Technology Wing of Penn and Penn Engineering
April 17, 2009
Philadelphia, PA
Topic: Machines Gone Wild (technology and social control)
Quartz Music Electronic Awards
April 3, 2009
Paris, France
Topic: Creative Commons
re:publica
April 2, 2009
Berlin, Germany
Topic: Remix
Accenture
March 31, 2009
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Palo Alto, CA
Topic: Privacy
Green Festival
March 29, 2009
Seattle, WA
Topic: Green Culture
Meet the Media Guru
March 27, 2009
Milan, Italy
Topic: Change v2 and Corruption
Optical Fiber Conference
March 24, 2009
San Diego, CA
Topic: Getting the Network the World Needs
Legally Speaking at Hastings Law School
March 19, 2009
San Francisco, CA
Topic: Biographical
SXSW
March 14, 2009
Austin, TX
Topic: Change v2
Intel
March 12, 2009
Santa Clara, CA
Topic: Change v2
Kellogg School of Management
March 5, 2009
Evanston, IL
Topic: Change Congress
New York Public Library
February 25, 2009
New York, NY
Topic: Fair Use (with Shepard Fairey and Steven Johnson)
Google
February 19, 2009
Mountain View, CA
Topic: Change Congress
Yale Club, Silicon Valley
February 12, 2009
San Francisco, CA
Topic: Change Congress
Microsoft
February 5, 2009
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Redmond, WA
Topic: Remix
ILO Institute
January 30, 2009
San Francisco, CA
Topic: Change Congress
Los Gatos Rotary Club
January 28, 2009
Los Gatos, CA
Topic: Change Congress
Stanford Leading Matters Conference
January 24, 2009
Los Angeles, CA
Topic: Three Views of the Constitution
Apple Computer
January 22, 2009
Cupertino, CA
Topic: Corruption
Netroots Nation Conference
December 17, 2008
San Francisco, CA
Topic: Change Congress
Computer History Museum
December 16, 2008
Mountain View, CA
Topic: Remix
Cisco’s The New Public Sector
December 10, 2008
Stockholm, Sweden
Topic: Corruption
Search Engine Strategies
December 8, 2008
Chicago, IL
Topic: Remix
Speech, Privacy and the Internet Conference
November 20, 2008
Chicago, IL
Topic: Privacy and the Internet
Carnegie Council
November 18, 2008
New York, NY
Topic: Remix
92nd St Y Talk
November 17, 2008
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New York, NY
Topic: Remix
Most Disparaged Branch Conference
November 15, 2008
Boston, MA
Topic: How a Congress Might be Changed
Monaco Media Prize Award Ceremony
November 13, 2008
Cannes, France
Conference of the Library and Information Association of New
Zealand
November 5, 2008
Auckland, New Zealand
Lecture: Keeping the outside outside the box
University of Auckland Talk
November 3, 2008
Auckland, New Zealand
Lecture: Keeping Culture Free
Chicago Humanities Festival
October 30, 2008
Chicago, IL
Lecture: Change Congress
Digital Media Conference
October 23, 2008
Hong Kong
Lecture: Free Culture and Free Society: Can the West Love Both?
Rosenthal Lectures
October 20-21, 2008
Chicago, IL
Spanish IT Conference
October 17, 2008
Vitoria, Spain
Lecture: Remix
Government 2.0 Summit
October 15, 2008
New York, NY
Lecture: Change Congress
Financial Times Awards
October 14, 2008
New York, NY
EU Presidency Conference
October 7, 2008
Nice, France
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Panel: Challenges of the International Cooperation
Digital Age 2.0 Conference
October 1, 2008
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sara Fine Lecture Series – Pittsburgh Law School
September 25, 2008
Pittsburgh, PA
Lecture: A Declaration for Independence
One Web Day
September 22, 2008
New York, NY
Lecture: Change Congress
Emerce
September 18, 2008
Netherlands
Lecture: Hybrids and Sharecropping
Commonwealth Club Talk
August 13, 2008
Mountain View, CA
Lecture: Change Congress
iCommons Summit
July 30, 2008
Sapporo, Japan
Creative Commons Singapore Launch
July 27, 2008
Singapore
Brainstorm Tech Conference
July 22, 2008
Half Moon Bay, CA
Panel: 2018 Life on the Net
Momentum Conference
July 21, 2008
San Francisco, CA
Lecture: Change Congress
Netroots Nation
July 19, 2008
Austin, TX
Lecture: Change Congress
Aspen Institute Conference
June 30, 2008
Aspen, CO
Democracy in Action Community Conference
June 27, 2008
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Washington, DC
Lecture: Change Congress
Personal Democracy Forum
June 24, 2008
New York, NY
Lecture: Change Congress
OECD Ministerial Conference
June 18, 2008
Seoul, Korea
Panel: Improving Economic Performance & Social Welfare
National Conference for Media Reform
June 6, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
Lecture: Media at a Critical Juncture
Marcus Evans – IP Law Summit
June 3, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
Lecture: Getting Beyond the IP Wars
Society for Computers and Law Conference
April 30, 2008
London, UK
Lecture: Corruption 2.0- The Next Problem Technology Must
Solve
MUDAM
April 27, 2008
Luxembourg
Senate Commerce Committee Hearings
April 22, 2008
Washington, DC
FCC Hearing – Public Hearing on the Future of the Internet
April 17, 2008
Stanford, CA
Center for Information Technology and Society Event
April 11, 2008
Santa Barbara, CA
Lecture: Changing Congress: Lessons Learned by a Copyright
Activist
European IP Law Summit
April 7, 2008
Switzerland
Lecture: Remix – Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the
Hybrid Economy
Harvard University Event
April 4, 2008
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Cambridge, MA
Lecture: Building the Change Congress Movement
Penn State Conference
March 29, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
Lecture: Free Learning and Teaching to Teach and Learn
Bucknell University Conference
March 27, 2008
Lewisburg, PA
Lecture: Remix – Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the
Hybrid Economy
Sunlight Foundation Event
March 19, 2008
Washington, DC
Lecture: Launch of the Change Congress Project
Law School of Seoul National University Conference
March 14, 2008
San Diego, CA
Lecture: Regulation of the Internet
Creative Commons Korea Conference
March 13, 2008
Seoul, Korea
Lecture: Creative Commons
ETech
March 5, 2008
San Diego, CA
Panel: Coding Against Corruption
Sun Microsystems Conference on Global Education
February 27, 2008
San Francisco, CA
Panel: IP
9th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
February 7, 2008
Victoria, British Columbia
Lecture: Privacy and Internet Security
Last Free Culture Speech
January 31, 2008
Stanford, CA
Lecture: Free Culture
MIDEM Net
January 26, 2008
Cannes, France
Green Festival
November 10, 2007
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San Francisco, CA
Lecture: Green Culture
Jessie and John Danz Lecture Series –Univ. of Washington
November 2, 2007
Seattle, WA
Lecture: Is Google (2008) Microsoft (1998)?
Common Ground 5th International Book Conference
October 21, 2007
Madrid, Spain
Lecture: Into the World of Hybrids
Google Mini Summit
October 2, 2007
Mountain View, CA
Panel: “What Threats and Opportunities are Google and Other
Internet Companies Not Paying Enough Attention to?”
4th Danish Social Forum
September 28, 2007
Copenhagen, Denmark
Lecture: IP
Con Law Center Constitution Day
September 25, 2007
Stanford, CA
Lecture: Corruption
Ithiel de Sola Memorial Lecture
August 31, 2007
Chicago, IL
Lecture: Future of democracy and expression
iCommons Summit Croatia
June 15, 2007
CISAC Conference
May 30, 2007
Brussels, Belgium
Panel: IP & Copyright
Creativity and Innovation in a Digital Culture Seminar
May 29, 2007
Sevilla, Spain
Panel: Creativity and Innovation in a Digital Culture
20th Anniversary of Harvard Ethics Center
May 19, 2007
Cambridge, MA
Panel: Justice: True in Theory but not in Practice?
Eyebeam Event
May 17, 2007
New York, NY
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Lecture: Free Culture
Digital Freedom Exposition
April 19, 2007
Capetown, South Africa
Lecture: Free Culture in a Read-Write World
Kings College Conference
April 6, 2007
London, UK
Lecture: Code
DoCoMo Talk
March 28, 2007
Palo Alto, CA
Lecture: Free Culture
TED Conference
March 8, 2007
Monterey, CA
Lecture: How Creativity is Being Strangled by the Law
Creative Commons Portugal Launch
December 15, 2006
Lisbon, Portugal
Gartner Information Securities Conference
November 29, 2006
Las Vegas, NV
Lecture: Future of Ideas
Open University of the UK Launch
October 25, 2006
London, UK
Lecture: Open Learn and Creative Commons
Conference on Media Wisdom
October 12, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Forbes Net Neutrality Debate
October 5, 2008
Reno, NV
Debate: The “Broadband Brawl: A Debate Over Net Neutrality”
Creative Commons Wired Concert
September 29, 2008
New York, NY
Chris Anderson and Lawrence Lessig at NYPL
September 28, 2008
New York, NY
Discussion: The Rise and Fall of the Blockbuster
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New Context Conference
September 27, 2008
Tokyo, Japan
Wizards of OS Workshop
September 15, 2006
Berlin, Germany
Creative Commons Columbia Launch
August 22, 2006
Linuxworld
August 15, 2006
San Francisco, CA
Wikimania
August 4, 2006
Cambridge, MA
Lecture: Ethics of the Free Culture Movement
Socrates Society Weekend
July 1-2, 2006
Aspen, Colorado
Panel: Innovation and Growth on the Internet
iLaw Peru and Creative Commons Peru Launch
June 27-28, 2006
iCommons Summit
June 23-26
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Center for American Progress Seminar
June 16, 2006
Washington DC
Lecture: The Wealth of Networks: How US Internet policies are
undermining both freedom and growth
Union Square Ventures Talk
June 15, 2006
New York, New York
Lecture: US Public Policy and How It Is Hampering Innovation
Google Print Event
June 12, 2006
Los Angeles, California
Creative Commons Denmark Launch
June 10, 2006
Hay Literary Festival
May 29, 2006
Wales, United Kingdom
Lecture: Free Culture: There is a literacy in every age. We strive to
teach it to our kids. Yet in every age, it is our kids who teach it to
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us. In this lecture, Professor Lessig describe the literacy of a digital
age, and the challenges we face in assuring that literacy is allowed.
Daum Corporation Seminar
May 27, 2006
Jeju Island, Korea
Lecture: Creative Commons and problems of copyright
Seoul Digital Forum
May 26, 2006
Seoul, Korea
Lecture: Read Write vs Read Only Culture: How the Internet is
Changing the way culture gets made
Creative Commons Sri Lanka Launch
May 22-23, 2006
Global Interactive Gaming Summit & Expo
May 16, 2006
Montreal, Canada
Lecture: How Regulation Will Happen - The Leviathan Is
Coming
Comedies of Fair Use Conference
April 28, 2006
NYU – New York, New York
Lecture: Lawrence Lessig on The Current State of Fair Use.
Swarthmore University Free Culture Forum
April 21, 2006
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lecture: Free Culture movement
BILETA Conference and Creative Commons Malta Launch
April 7-8, 2006
Mdinia, Malta
Lecture: Harmonizing Free Culture Globally
Lecture on Innovation and Construction of Internet System at
Guangzhou University
March 31, 2006
Guangzhou, China
Lecture: Creative Commons
Renmin University Conference and Creative Commons China
launch
March 29-30, 2006
Beijing, China
Lecture: The Role of Creative Commons in an Information
Economy
International Symposium
March 27, 2006
Tokyo, Japan
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Lecture: Creative Commons and Free Culture
Rochester Institute of Technology Seminar
March 24, 2006
Rochester, New York
Lecture: Free Culture, the Creative Commons and the Future of
Creativity in a Digital Era
Free Culture Club Forum
March 23, 2006
Northeastern University
Lecture: Creative
iLaw Mexico and Creative Commons Mexico Launch
March 16-18, 2006
Creative Commons Malaysia Launch
March 4, 2006
Flash Forward
March 1, 2006
Seattle, Washington
Lecture: Flash: Building the Read/Write Internet
Tech Expo
February 24, 2006
University of Houston
Houston, Texas
Lecture: Perspectives on how emerging digital technologies are
changing the nature of faculty authorship and creating ambiguity
regarding ownership.
Creative Commons Film Screening - Teach
February 17, 2006
A Film by Davis Guggenheim
San Francisco, California
Innovation Funders Network 2006 Summit
January 30, 2006
San Francisco, California
Lecture: Theme is around innovation and networks
Second Life Virtual Interview and Virtual Speech
January 18, 2006
Lecture: Creative Commons
Nurturing the Creative Economy Seminar
December 9, 2005
Arundel, United Kingdom
Topic: IP Future
Google Print Talk
November 17, 2005
New York Public Library
New York, New York
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Tech Fair
November 16, 2005
University of Texas
Dallas, Texas
Lecture: Culture Remix. The nature of creativity.
Carol Rose Retirement Conference
November 12, 2005
Yale Law School
Lecture: Commons and the Public Domain
Public Program on Art and Fair Use
November 10, 2005
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
New York, New York
Lecture: General concept of free culture and the importance of fair
use in the public domain to the health of creative culture
Legal Seminar in Slovenia
October 29, 2005
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lecture: Should copyright include the exclusive right to copy?
Creative Commons Slovenia Launch
October 28, 2005
Ljubljana, Slovenia
CCIA TechSummit
October 25, 2006
Laguna Niguel, California
Lecture: Copyright
ITU Conference
October 21, 2005
Oslo, Norway
Lecture: Youth culture, remixing and copyright
Creative Commons Hungary Launch
October 15, 2005
Budapest, Hungary
2005 Free Culture Digital Symposium
October 14, 2005
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Lecture: Free Culture and Digital Libraries
Tech Dev Speaker Series at Yahoo HQ
October 7, 2005
Sunnyvale, California
Creative Commons Argentina Launch
October 1, 2005
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures &
Commerce Seminar
September 29, 2005
London, United Kingdom
Panel Discussion: “Should the term of copyright protection be
extended or shortened in the UK?”
Originality, Imitation and Plagiarism Conference – University of
Michigan
September 23, 2005
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Broadband Cities Conference
September 20, 2005
Salt Lake City, Utah
Lecture: “The new model for communities — overcoming the
obstacles of traditional broadband options and providers”
NPR Justice Talking – Debate on First Amendment in a Digital
Age
September 16, 2005
Washington, DC
Gartner IT and Software Asset Management Summit
September 13, 2005
Los Angeles, California
Lecture: “The Future of Ideas”
An International Workshop – Creating the Information Commons
of e-Science
September 2, 2005
Paris, France
Lecture: “The Experience of Creative Commons Licensing
Activities and Plans for the Future”
Entertainment Media Expo
September 1, 2005
Los Angeles, California
Copyfight
July 16, 2005
Barcelona, Spain
Lecture: “Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Age”
What Grokster Really Means for Your Business event – Fenwick &
West LLP
July 12, 2005
Mountain View, California
Panel
Fundacion OSDE Conference
July 8, 2005
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Lecture: “Free Software, Free Culture: How property can build
economic and cultural freedom”
iCommons Summit
June 25-26, 2005
Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard Law School Berkman Center iLaw Seminar
June 22, 2005
Boston, Massachusetts
Lecture: “Pornography – An Application of Law, Norms, Market
Architecture”
Hewlett Board Meeting
June 19, 2005
Menlo Park, California
Lecture: “IP Issues and Creative Commons’ Work”
American Society for Engineering Education Conference
June 14, 2005
Portland, Oregon
Lecture: “The Creator’s Dilemma-The Struggle to Liberate
Innovations and the Internet from the Law”
Creative Commons Israel Launch
June 9, 2005
Videoconference from San Francisco, California
Blackwell Publishing Conference
June 3, 2005
Washington DC
Lecture: “Internet Evolution – Reshaping Scholarly Publishing”
Sagonet “Theta” Discussion about Southern Africa NGOs using
the Creative Commons License
May 15, 2005
Johannesburg, South Africa
Lecture: “Commons becomes an International Movement”
Creative Commons South Africa Launch
May 25, 2005
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kopinor Symposium
May 20, 2005
Oslo, Norway
Lecture: “Creative Commons”
Creative Commons Bulgaria Launch
May 16, 2005
Sofia, Bulgaria
Continental Drift Conference
May 12, 2005
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Berlin, Germany
Lecture: “Understanding American Political Culture in Germany”
Alfred Deakin Innovation Conference
May 8, 2005
Melbourne, Australia
Lecture: “The Creative Commons: Intellectual property, public
broadcasting and opportunities for common sense and public good”
Future Summit Conference
May 6, 2005
Melbourne, Australia
Lecture: “The Benefits of Distance: What to learn from
Innovation Down Under”
Alberta Library Conference
April 30, 2005
Alberta, Canada
Lecture: “Taming the Regulation of Culture”
School of Media and Design Event - Philadelphia University
April 28, 2005
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lecture: “Is Writing Allowed? The struggle to preserve freedom in
a digital age”
Creative Commons Poland Launch
April 23, 2005
Krakow, Poland
Intellectual Property Law International Conference
April 22, 2005
Krakow, Poland
Lecture: “Free Culture”
Federacion de Comerico Electronico Conference
April 20, 2005
Madrid, Spain
Lecture: “Legislation in the Internet-How does the media use
technology and the law to restrict creativity”
W(h)ither the Middleman: The Role and Future of Intermediaries
in the Information Age
April 8, 2005
East Lansing, Michigan
Flash Forward San Francisco
April 6, 2005
San Francisco, California
Lecture: “The Costs of Copyright”
Edinburgh International Science Festival
April 2, 2005
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Lecture: “Cyberlaw: Who controls access to ideas on the net?”
Miami, Music, Multimedia Conference
March 25, 2005
Miami, Florida
Lecture: “Creative Commons”
Consortium for School Networking 10th Annual K-12 School
Networking Conference
March 24, 2005
Washington DC
Lecture: “The Role of Open Source Access in Defining Quality
Online Learning Experiences for Primary and Secondary
Education”
Meeting with Seoul Appellate Court Judges
March 23, 2005
Seoul, Korea
Discussion about general issues and trends relating to cyberspace.
Creative Commons Korea Launch
March 21, 2005
Seoul, Korea
Conference on College Composition and Communication
March 17, 2005
San Francisco, California
Emerging Technology Conference
March 17, 2005
San Diego, California
Lecture: “ReMixMe. Putting the Debate in Context”
10th Annual Intellectual Property Institute Conference
March 13, 2005
Seattle, Washington
Lecture and Book Signing with Professor Lessig – The Tech
Museum
March 9, 2005
San Jose, California
Lecture: “Killing Creativity: How Today’s Intellectual Property
Laws are Strangling Creativity in Music, the Arts and at Home”
The Network Society and the Knowledge Economy – Portugal in
the Global Context Seminar
March 5, 2005
Lisbon, Portugal
Lecture: “Leaving the 19th Century, Entering the 21st: The law
reform necessary to make the networked society work”
Library of Congress Workshop
March 3, 2005
Washington DC
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Lecture: “Taming the Regulation of Culture”
Institute of Law Symposium – Rhodes College
February 25, 2005
Boulder, Colorado
The Digital Broadband Migration: Rewriting the Telecom Act
February 13, 2005
Boulder, Colorado
Lecture: “Logical Layer: End-to-End”
World Social Forum
January 28, 2005
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Address to the Supreme Court of Queensland
January 19, 2005
Brisbane, Australia
Lecture: “Does Copyright Have Limits: Eldred vs. Ashcroft and
its Aftermath”
Open Content Licensing Conference –Queensland University of
Technology
January 18, 2005
Brisbane, Australia
Lecture: “The Vision for Creative Common”
Creative Commons Croatia Launch
January 14, 2005
Zagreb, Croatia
Real Estate Connect NYC
January 10, 2005
New York, New York
Lecture: “Innovate or Die”
IP and Fundamental Human Rights Conference
December 16, 2004
Turin, Italy
Creative Commons Italy Launch
December 16, 2004
Turin, Italy
Scholarship in a Digital Age Conference - USC
December 11, 2004
Los Angeles, California
Lecture: “Free Culture”
Constitution in 2020 Conference – Yale University
December 3, 2004
New Haven, Connecticut
Italian Cyberspace Law Conference
November 19, 2004
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Bologna, Italy
Lecture: “Creative Commons”
Creative Commons France Launch
November 18, 2004
Paris, France
Computer Supported Cooperative Work 2004 Conference
November 10, 2004
Chicago, Illinois
Lecture: “Hacking the Law to Rebuild a Free Culture”
Hans Christian Anderson Conference – University of Southern
Denmark
November 4, 2004
Odense, Denmark
Lecture: “(Re)Creativity: How Creativity Lives”
Consumer Electronics Association 2004 Industry Forum
October 19, 2004
San Francisco, California
Lecture: “Future of Ideas”
Web 2.0 Conference
October 5, 2004
San Francisco, California
Lecture: “Free Culture”
The Internet and the Law: A Global Conversation – University of
Ottawa
October 1, 2004
Ottawa, Canada
Lecture: “Creative Commons”
Creative Commons Canada Launch
September 30, 2004
Ottawa, Canada
SD Forum Speech
September 23, 2004
Palo Alto, California
Lecture: “The Comedy of the Commons”
Wired/Creative Commons Concert
September 21, 2004
New York, New York
Conversation with David Boies at the 92nd St. Y
September 20, 2004
New York, New York
The Future of WIPO Workshop
September 13, 2004
Geneva, Switzerland
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Panel: “What is the WIPO Mission” and “WIPO and the Arts –
Relationships between artists, owners of works and the public”
Tech Nation Summit
September 9, 2004
San Francisco, California
Lecture: “The Creative Commons”
Prix Ars Electronica Forum
September 5, 2004
Taipei, Taiwan
Panel: “Net Vision – Reality and Vision of the Digital Commons.
Presentation on Creative Commons”
Creative Commons Taiwan Launch
September 4, 2004
Taipei, Taiwan
Lecture at the Supreme Court of Taiwan
September 3, 2004
Taipei, Taiwan
Lecture: “Constitutional Law”
16th Annual Instructional Technology Institute Conference - Utah
State University
September 1, 2004
Logan, Utah
Lecture: “Free Culture”
Real Estate Connect
July 30, 2004
San Francisco, California
Leadership, Innovation and Strategy conference
Always On Innovation Summit – Stanford University
July 13, 2004
Stanford, California
American Library Association 2004 Annual Conference
June 27, 2004
Orlando, Florida
Panel: “Open Access, Open Minds: Emerging Trends in
Information, Creation, Ownership, Dissemination and
Retention”
Symposium on Copyright, Piracy and the Future of Independent
Filmmaking
June 26, 2004
Los Angeles, California
Lecture: “Copyright and Piracy”
European Commission – TRIPS 10th Anniversary Conference
June 24, 2004
Brussels, Belgium
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Panel discussion: “IPRs, Human Rights and the Public Domain”
Creative Commons Netherlands Launch
June 18, 2004
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alcatel-SEL Foundation – Humboldt University
June 14, 2004
Aldershof, Germany
Lecture: “Digital Commons”
Wizard of OS3
June 11, 2004
Berlin, Germany
Lecture: “The Future of the Digital Commons”
Creative Commons Germany Launch
June 11, 2004
Berlin, Germany
Opening Celebration of the Scientific Alliance eOrganisation
June 9, 2004
Karlsruhe, Germany
Lecture: “Free Culture”
Creative Commons Brazil Launch
June 4, 2004
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Creative Commons UK Forum
May 28, 2004
Oxford, United Kingdom
LIFT Lecture
May 27, 2004
London, United Kingdom
Lecture: “Creative Commons in a Connected World”
Creative Commons Finland Launch
May 24, 2004
Helsinki, Finland
Insight & Foresight Speaker Series
May 24, 2004
Helsinki, Finland
Lecture: “The Future of Copyright, Culture and Creativity”
Fine Print: Publishing in the Shadow of Big Media
May 21, 2004
Irvine, California
Roundtable: “In the Shadow of Big Media”
OSDL: Linux User Advisory Council Meeting
May 20, 2004
San Francisco, California
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Lecture: “The Good of the Journal in a Digital Age”
Harvard Law School Berkman Center iLaw Seminar
May 13, 2004
Boston, Massachusetts
Lecture: “Logical Layer: End-to-End”
Lecture: “Free Culture”
Lecture: “Pornography – An Application of Law, Norms, Market
Architecture”
FreeCulture.org Launch – Swarthmore College
April 24, 2004
Swarthmore, PA
Lecture: “The Code of Privacy”
UCLA Public Lecture
April 22, 2004
Los Angeles, California
Lecture: “Free Culture”
Ted Seymore Lecture
April 16, 2004
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NTT/ICC Symposium
March 20, 2004
Tokyo, Japan
Lecture: “Creative Commons-Free Culture”
Second Annual Symposium on Scholarly Communications
University of New Mexico
March 12, 2004
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Lecture: “The progress of science: What’s at stake in the free culture
debaite”
MacArthur Foundation President’s Roundtable
March 10, 2004
Chicago, IL
Lecture: “Rethinking IP in the digital context and the work of
Creative Commons”
Carleton College Lecture
February 27, 2004
Northfield, Minnesota
lecture: “Rebuilding the Creative Commons”
Radcliffe Lecture, Harvard University
February 12, 2004
Cambridge, Massachusetts
lecture: “On Rebuilding Free Culture”
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Sundance Digital Center Forum
January 17, 2004
Park City, Utah
RSA Music and Technology Conference
January 15, 2004
London, England
panel: “Which copyright policies will best support innovation?”
Royal Society of Arts Lecture
January 14, 2004
London, England
lecture: “Getting the Law Out of the Way”
Oxford Media Convention
January 13, 2004
Oxford, England
ALISE Conference
January 7, 2004
San Diego, California
lecture: “The Commons That Libraries Can Build”
WSIS: Scientific Information Working Group
December 11, 2003
Geneva, Switzerland
roundtable: “Diversity in Cyberspace”
UNESCO High-Level Symposium “Building Knowledge Societies
– from Vision to Action”
December 10, 2003
Geneva, Switzerland
lecture: “Freeing Knowledge from Unnecessary Burdens”
RIETI Policy Symposium “System Design in the Age of
Broadband II”
December 4, 2003
Tokyo, Japan
GLOCOM Forum
December 2, 2003
Tokyo, Japan
Eyebeam Distinguished Creativity Panel
November 21, 2003
New York, NY
NYU Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy with
Professors Dworkin & Nagel
November 20, 2003
New York, New York
Opensource – CSI Piemonte
November 18, 2003
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Turin, Italy
lecture: “The Return of McCarthyism to America”
Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia
November 17, 2003
Reggio Emilia, Italy
OOPSLA, Onward! 2003
October 28, 2003
Anaheim, California lecture: “Free Culture: The limited but
essential role of property in building an environment for
creativity”
Kastenmeier Lecture
October 24, 2003
Madison, Wisconsin
lecture: “The Forgotten Balance of Robert Kastenmeier”
USC Debate with Hilary Rosen
October 21&22, 2003
Los Angeles, California
Pop! Tech 2003 “Sea Change”
October 17, 2003
Camden, Maine
lecture: “The Future of Ideas”
AHLA Technology and Health Law Program
October 16, 2003
San Francisco, CA
T.I. Contact 2003
October 10, 2003
Quebec, Canada
lecture: “On Becoming Innovation Environmentalists”
Build Value CEO Forum
October 8, 2003
Half Moon Bay, California
panel: “The Last Mile & The Spectrum: Who Owns the
Airwaves and Who Should Control It?”
Openwave Anti-Abuse Conference
September 24, 2003
Santa Barbara, California
lecture: “What is SPAM?”
GDR TICS Conference
June 27, 2003
Paris, France
lecture: “The role of the public domain in supporting cultural
criticism”
Shanahan Lecture, Cooper Union
May 12, 2003
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New York, New York
lecture: “Free Culture: The struggle to liberate creativity and the
Internet from the law”
Lazerow Lecture, UCLA
May 8, 2003
Los Angeles, CA lecture: “Building the Creative Commons”
European Parliament Patent Hearing
Brussels, Belgium
May 7, 2003
Aurora Forum 2003
May 5, 2003
Stanford, California
McGovern Lecture, Medical Libraries Association
May 4, 2003
San Diego, California
lecture: “Protecting a Creative Commons for Knowledge”
Microsoft Connectivity Principles Press Conference
April 24, 2003
Washington, D.C.
Clio Society Lecture
April 24, 2003
Chicago, Illinois
Judge James R. Browning Lecture in Law School
April 11, 2003
Missoula, Montana
lecture: “Building the creative commons”
Almaden Institute 2003
April 10, 2003
Almaden, California
keynote: “Teaching Architecture: The choices that privacy
requires.”
Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2003
April 4, 2003
New York, New York
The Economics of the Motion Picture Industry
April 3, 2003
St. Louis, Missouri
Panel: Digital Production and Distribution
I Law 2003 – Berkman Center at Harvard Law School
March 24-28, 2003
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal Conference
March 21, 2003
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Chicago, Illinois
Talk: “ Law governing code governing law: The Mess the Internet
Has Created”
InfoSec World 2003
March 10, 2003
Orlando, Florida
South by Southwest 2003
March 9, 2003
Austin, Texas
Talk:”Building a Layer of Sanity into the World of IP”
Hewlett Foundation Open Knowledge Meeting
March 3, 2003
Menlo Park, California
Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons?
Stanford Law School
March 1-2, 2003
Stanford, California
The Law & Technology of DRM
University of California, Berkeley
February 28, 2003
Berkeley, California
Panel: “Impacts of DRMs on flows of Information”.
Bell Labs General Research Colloquium
February 21, 2003
Murray Hill, New Jersey
Princeton Walter E. Edge Lecture
Princeton University
February 20, 2003
Princeton, New Jersey
Digital Rights Summit
Intel Corporation
February 19, 2003
Santa Clara, California
World Summit on the Information Society
February 17 2003
Geneva, Switzerland
Chicago Historical Society Debate
February 15, 2003
Chicago, Illinois
Digital Rights Management Conference
BBC London
February 7, 2003
London, England
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The Politics of Code Conference
Oxford University
February 6, 2003
Oxford, England
Keynote: “Shaping the Future of the Next Internet”.
Business Law Center Lecture
University of Tokyo Faculty of Law .
November 28, 2002.
Lecture: The Creative Commons .
Symposium on The Rule of Law and New Communications
Technologies: Reconciling Private Rights and Public
Interest, The Catholic University of America
October 10, 2002.
Washington, DC.
Keynote: “The Tragedy of the Innovation Commons? Reconciling
Private Claims with Public Interest”.
Free Software Foundation Benefit
August 14, 2002.
San Francisco, California.
New Democrat Network
Palo Alto, CA.
August 12, 2002.
panel: “The Future of Digital Media”.
Spectrum Policy Task Force
Federal Communications Commission.
August 1, 2002.
Washington, DC.
Syllabus Conference on Education Technology
July 30, 2002.
Santa Clara, California.
Keynote: “To Promote the Progress of Science: Law’s regulation of
the Creative Process.”.
O’Reilly Open Source Convention
July 24, 2002.
San Diego, California.
Keynote: “Freeing Culture”.
Designing for Resiliency, TTI/Vanguard Conference
Brussels, Belgium.
July 16, 2002.
Talk: “The Architecture of Resiliency”.
Information Ownership and Control
July 13, 2002.
Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
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Internet Law Program
Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School.
July 1-5, 2002.
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Technology and Innovation Forum
June 27, 2002.
Washington, DC.
The Economics of Open Source Software
L’Institut d’Economie Industrielle (IDEI).
June 21, 2002.
Toulouse, France.
INET 2002
The Internet Society.
June 19, 2002.
Washington, DC.
American Library Association
June 16, 2002.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Lecture: The Creative Commons.
USENIX Annual Technical Conference
June 13, 2002.
Monterey, California.
Keynote: The Internet’s Coming Silent Spring
Law and Informatics Research Institute (IRI), Stockholm
University
June 10, 2002.
Stockholm, Sweden.
The Information Society
The Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.
June 7, 2002.
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Keynote: Code as Law on Cyberspace
TERENA Networking Conference
June 3, 2002.
Limerick, Ireland.
Keynote: Free Culture
Mechanics’ Institute Library
May 30, 2002.
San Francisco, California.
BIG Brains: Technology Forecasts for 2002 and Beyond, Business
Internet Group
May 29, 2002.
San Francisco, California.
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World Economic Forum
May 22, 2002.
Washington, DC.
O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
May 16, 2002.
Santa Clara, California.
Keynote Creating the Commons
Digital Law 2002
May 8, 2002.
San Paulo, BRAZIL.
Dunwody Distinguished Lecture
University of Florida Levin College of Law.
April 26, 2002.
Gainesville, Florida.
Digital Landscapes: Redrawing the Boundaries in Entertainment,
Media, and the Law
SLATA Conference.
April 20, 2002.
Stanford, California.
Free Code, Free Speech, Free Culture
Boston University.
April 11, 2002.
Boston, Massachusetts.
American Constitutional Society Lecture
April 5, 2002.
Washington, DC.
Georgetown Hart Lecture
April 4, 2002.
Washington, DC.
Hochelaga Lectures, University of Hong Kong
March 25, 2002.
Hong Kong, CHINA.
Workshop in Law, Philosophy and Political Theory
Judge William H. Orrick, Jr. Visiting Lecture.
University of California, Boalt Hall.
March 14, 2002.
Berkeley, California.
“Developments in Copyright”
South by Southwest Interactive Festival.
March 9, 2002.
Austin, Texas.
From Text to Performance: Law and Other Performing Arts
University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
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March 7, 2002.
Austin, Texas.
World Congress on Information Technology
Adelaide, Australia.
March 1, 2002.
McCarthy Center for Intellectual Property and Technology Law
Speaker Series
USF School of Law.
February 21, 2002.
San Francisco, California.
Hogan & Hartson Jurimetrics Lecture in honor of Lee Loevinger,
ASU College of Law
February 14, 2002.
Tempe, Arizona.
Lecture: Architecting the Innovation Commons.
American Assembly
Columbia University.
February 9, 2002.
Harriman, New York.
Is Open Source the Future of Software?
AEI-Brookings Joint Center Open Source Event.
February 8, 2002.
Washington, DC.
Tenzer Distinguished Lecture in Intellectual Property Law
Cardozo University.
February 7, 2002.
New York, New York.
Political Science Institute: Political and legal issues of Cyberspace
in times of crisis
February 1, 2002.
Paris, FRANCE.
University of Colorado at Boulder, School of Law
Regulation of Information Platforms Symposium.
January 27, 2002.
Boulder, Colorado.
University of Toronto
January, 2002.
Toronto, Canada.
Seminar: The Law of Cyberspace.
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
January, 2002.
Kona, HI.
Distinguished Lecturer .
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Harvard Law School Berkman Center iLaw Seminar
January, 2002.
Singapore.
Lecture: Law, Code, Market, and Social Norms .
Lecture: Privacy.
Yale University Elliot Lecture
December, 2001.
New Haven, Connecticut.
Lecture: Free Commons, Free Culture.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
December, 2001.
Stanford, CA .
Lecture: How the Architecture Mattered .
Microsoft Campus
November, 2001.
Redmond, WA.
Lecture: The Architecture of Innovation.
USC Annenberg School for Communication
November, 2001.
Los Angeles, CA.
Lecture: Innovation and the Internet .
Debate with Jack Valenti, President, MPAA: Creativity,
Commerce and Culture .
Darklight Digital Film Festival
November, 2001.
Dublin, Ireland.
Lecture.
Duke University Public Domain Conference
November, 2001.
Durham, NC.
Lecture: Networks: The Public Domain in Bandwidth, Software
and Content.
Master of Business Law Program, University of St. Gallen
November, 2001.
Austin, TX.
Lecture: Broadband, Interactive Networks Law.
O’Reilly Peer-to-Peer Conference
November, 2001.
Washington, DC.
Lecture: Preserving the Innovation Commons: What’s Really at
Stake.
RIETI Conference
October, 2001.
Tokyo, Japan.
Lecture: The Architecture of Innovation.
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ACM/IEEE Lecture
October, 2001.
Los Angeles, CA.
Lecture: The Innovation Commons.
Trademarks in Cyberspace Forum
October, 2001.
Chicago, IL.
Lecture: Keynote Address.
Linux World
August, 2001.
San Francisco, CA.
Lecture: The New New Old War.
American Association of Law Libraries
July, 2001.
Minneapolis, MN.
Lecture: The Law of Cyberspace.
8th Circuit Judicial Conference
July, 2001.
St. Louis, MO .
MIT 21st Century Trust
July, 2001.
Boston, MA.
Lecture: Innovation and the Internet.
Harvard Law School Berkman Center iLaw Seminar
July, 2001.
Cambridge, MA.
Lecture: Law, Code, Market, and Social Norms .
Lecture: Speech on the Internet .
Lecture: Internet Governance.
Rüschlikon Conference on Information Law and Policy
June, 2001.
Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
Panel: Competition, Antitrust & Access.
International Conference on Cyberlaw
June, 2001.
Portugal.
Lecture: Cyber Law in the U.S.A.
Forbes CEO Forum 2001
June, 2001.
Scottsdale, AZ.
Panel: Balancing Customer Intimacy With the Call for Privacy.
Intel
June, 2001.
Hillsboro, OR.
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Lecture: Workshop on IP.
ICTI World Toy Conference
June, 2001.
Pasadena, CA.
Panel: IP and Innovation.
Chaos Control Conference
May, 2001.
Vienna, Austria.
Lecture: Coding Control.
Stanford Faculty Workshop Presentation
May, 2001.
Stanford, CA.
Lecture: Copyright’s First Amendment.
Stanford Law Society Panel
May, 2001.
San Francisco, CA.
Title: What’s Happening at the Supreme Court.
Berkman Center’s Open Spectrum Workshop
May, 2001.
Cambridge, MA.
Berkeley SIMS Graduation
May, 2001.
Berkeley, CA.
Lecture: Graduation Lecture.
Center for the Public Domain
May, 2001.
Washington, DC.
Title: Intellectual Property and Innovation.
LCS Distinguished Lecturer Series, MIT
May, 2001.
Cambridge, MA.
Lecture: Coding Innovation.
Center for Media Education
May, 2001.
Washington, D.C.
Keynote: .Commons.
International Conference on Intellectual Property in Cyberspace
May, 2001.
Stresa, Italy.
Lecture: IP and Innovation.
Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop 2001: A Tech Odyssey
April, 2001.
Asilomar, CA.
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Panel: Spectrum Policy & Wireless Technology in Indian
Country.
BusinessWeek Broadband Telecom Summit 2001
April, 2001.
Dallas, TX.
Keynote: Next Victim? Will the Microsoft Antitrust Case Have
Its Broadband Equivalent?.
SD 2001: Software Development Conference
April, 2001.
San Jose, CA.
Keynote: Architecting Innovation.
Uncommon Knowledge TV Program
April, 2001.
Stanford, CA.
Topic: Regulation and the Future of Cyberspace.
Digital Property Lecture, Santa Clara Law School
April, 2001.
Santa Clara, CA.
Lecture: Law of the Horse.
Verizon Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series, Carnegie
Mellon University
April, 2001.
Pittsburgh, PA.
Lecture: The Internet and the Future of Democracy.
Washington University Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Conference
March, 2001.
St. Louis, MO.
Session: Norms of the Commons.
Copyright Law Forum
March, 2001.
Ottawa, Canada.
Keynote: Innovation on the Internet.
Kip & Meredith Frey Lecture, Duke Law School
March, 2001.
Durham, NC.
Lecture: Architecting Innovation.
Princeton Program in Ethics & Public Affairs Seminar
March, 2001.
Princeton, NJ.
Lecture: Patience.
Princeton Institute for Advanced Study Lecture
March, 2001.
Princeton, NJ.
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Lecture: The Architecture of Innovation.
Keck Lecture, Amherst University
March, 2001.
Amherst, MA.
Lecture: The Place of Law.
National Academy of Sciences Protecting Children from
Pornography Testimony
March, 2001.
Redwood City, CA.
Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Beyond Microsoft
Conference
March, 2001.
Berkeley, CA.
Panel Participant.
Melville B. Nimmer Memorial Lecture, UCLA
March, 2001.
Los Angeles, CA.
Lecture: Copyright’s First Amendment.
Horatio Ellsworth Kellar Lecture, University of Minnesota
February, 2001.
Minneapolis, MN.
Lecture: Innovation on the Internet.
American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science “Patenting Genes
and Business Methods: Is It Time for Congress to Cut
Back Patent Protection?” Symposium
February, 2001.
San Francisco, CA.
Symposium on the Constitution and the Internet, Drake
University
February, 2001.
Des Moines, IA.
Lecture: Architecting Innovation.
O’Reilly P2P Conference
February, 2001.
San Francisco, CA.
Keynote: The Future of P2P.
The Constitution and the Individual, University of Southern
California
February, 2001.
Los Angeles, CA.
Lecture: The Law of the Internet.
Electronic Frontier Foundation BayFF Program
February, 2001.
Stanford, CA.
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Lecture: Innovation.
Forbes Forum on Management & Policy
February, 2001.
Laguna Niguel, CA.
Moderator: Balancing Customer Intimacy with the Call for
Privacy.
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
January, 2001.
Davos, Switzerland.
Napsterization of Hollywood Conference
December, 2000.
Los Angeles, CA.
Panel.
Digital Divide Conference
December, 2000.
Stanford, CA.
Lecture: The Digital Divide.
Business Week Conference on the Digital Economy
December, 2000.
San Francisco, CA.
Lecture: Was the Microsoft Case Just the Beginning?.
Brazil
November, 2000.
São Paolo, Brazil.
Lecture: The Regulation of the Internet.
Washington University Conference
November, 2000.
St. Louis, MO.
Lecture: The Norms of the Commons.
Chile
October, 2000.
Santiago, Chile.
Lecture: The Business of Internet Development.
Regulating on the Technological Edge
October, 2000.
Berkeley, CA.
Lecture: Open Access.
Judges of the 1st Circuit Conference
October, 2000.
Martha’s Vineyard, MA.
Lecture: Patience.
Privacy Conference, New School University
October, 2000.
New York, NY.
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Lecture: Securing Privacy in an Electronic Age.
ISOC Patent Debate
October, 2000.
Washington, D.C.
With Q. Todd Dickinson, Jay Walker, and Tim O’Reilly.
Berkman Center Debate
October, 2000.
Boston, MA.
Title: The Future of IP: With Jack Valenti.
India Cyberspace
September, 2000.
New Delhi, India.
Lecture: The Future of Internet Innovation.
BigHook 2000
September, 2000.
Boston, MA.
Workshop.
Boston University Conference on Trust
September, 2000.
Boston, MA.
Lecture: Trust.
Conference on Jeff Rosen, The Unwanted Gaze
September, 2000.
Washington, D.C.
Lecture: Privacy and the Internet.
TIAS Business School Seminar
September, 2000.
Brussels, Belgium.
Lecture: Internet Regulation.
John Seely Brown Memorial Lecture, University of Michigan
September, 2000.
Ann Arbor, MI.
Lecture: The Environment of Innovation.
Drexel University Conference
July, 2000.
Philadelphia, PA.
Lecture: Freedom and the Internet.
Child Online Privacy Act Testimony
July, 2000.
Richmond, VA
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu European Conference
June, 2000
Versailles, France
Lecture: Innovation.
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Conference on New Institutional Economics
June, 2000
Dresden, Germany
Comment.
Free Software: A Model for Society?
May, 2000
Tützing, Germany
Lecture: Open Code and Open Societies.
Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen
May, 2000
Vienna, Austria
Lecture: The Law in Code.
Internet Summit
May, 2000
Barcelona, Spain
Panel.
The Law of Authoritarian Democracies and Authoritarianism in
Democracy
May, 2000
Budapest, Hungary
Comment.
www9
May, 2000
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Keynote: Cyberspace’s Architectural Constitution.
IFLP Internet and Power
May, 2000
Cambridge, UK
Keynote: Law and Power in Cyberspace.
New Yorker Festival
May, 2000
New York, NY
Panel: Business and the Internet.
Brightmail SPAM Summit
May, 2000
Washington, DC
Keynote: e2e Regulation.
Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference
May, 2000
Chicago, IL
Keynote: Regulating Cyberspace.
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Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
April, 2000
Dana Point, CA
Panel: IP in Cyberspace .
New University of Lisbon
April, 2000
Lisbon, Portugal
Lecture: Innovation and Regulation.
A Free Information Ecology in the Digital Environment
April, 2000
New York, NY
Presentation: Cyberspace’s Philosophy and Philosopher.
Zurich Financial Services
March, 2000
St. Moritz, Switzerland
Lecture: The Regulations of Cyberspace.
Hewlett Packard Science Lecture
March, 2000
Bristol, UK
Lecture: The Constitution of Cyberspace.
Music Information Center Austria: Open Source,
March, 2000
Vienna, Austria
Lecture: The Limits of Copyright.
pcForum,
March, 2000
Scottsdale, AZ
Lecture: The Code in Law and the Law in Code.
New York New Media Association,
February, 2000
New York, NY
Panel: The Open Source Revolution.
American Academy,
February, 2000
Berlin, DE
Lecture: Cyberspace’s Constitution.
Keynote, Privacy and Cyberspace
February, 2000
Stanford Law Review
Stanford, CA.
Southern Cross University Summer School
December, 1999
Byron Bay, AU
Teaching: The Law of Cyberspace.
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IT-University, Policy Lectures
November, 1999
Copenhagen, Denmark
Lecture: Open Content, Open Values.
1984 Fifty Years Later
November, 1999
Chicago, IL
Paper: The Refreshing Code of 1984.
Oxford Intellectual Property Seminar
November, 1999
Oxford, England
Paper: IP and Cyberspace.
The Internet: Does Cyberspace End Sovereignty?
October, 1999
Turin, Italy
Paper: How Lawyers Will Kill the Net .
The Internet: A Juridical as well as Digital Revolution?
October, 1999
Paris, France
Conference organized by Deputy Christian Paul, of the French
National Assembly.
MacArthur Conference on the New Law and Economics
October, 1999
Chicago, IL
Conference to explore empirical approaches to the study of social
norms and social meaning.
Tucker Lecture; Washington & Lee University Law School
October, 1999
Lexington, VA
Lecture: The Death of Cyberspace.
The 1999 Forbes CEO Forum: Corporate Darwinism, Forbes Inc.
June, 1999
Atlanta, GA
Roundtable discussion: Survival of the fittest? A Darwinian take
on Microsoft, regulation and competition.
Open Code/Open Content/ Open Law
May, 1999
Cambridge MA
Keynote.
Committee on University Resources (COUR) Conference, Harvard
University
April, 1999.
Cambridge, MA
Session: CyberEthics: The Moral Challenge of the Internet
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Roxbury Schools Deliberative Forum, DoSomething, Inc.
April, 1999.
Cambridge, MA
Forum subject: “fairness” in the context of high school policies.
Computers, Freedom and Privacy 1999 Conference: The Global
Internet
April, 1999.
Washington, DC
Panel: Self-Regulation Reconsidered.
Private Censorship/ Perfect Choice Conference, Yale Law School
April, 1999.
New Haven, CT
Paper: The Values in Open Code.
Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture, Georgia State University
College of Law
April, 1999.
Atlanta, GA
Paper: Open Code, Open Society.
Competing Competition Laws: Do We Need a Global Standard?,
New England School of Law
March, 1999.
Boston, MA
Panel: Is Reconciliation Possible?.
Conference on Access to U.S. Capital Markets for Israeli High
Tech Companies
March, 1999.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Panel: Issues facing high technology firms in the current economic
and legal climate.
The Legal & Policy Framework for Global Electronic Commerce
Conference, University of California-Berkeley
March, 1999.
Berkeley, CA
Panel: Setting (and Choosing) Global Technical Standards.
TechnoPolitics
March, 1999.
Washington, DC
Topic: Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and Spread Spectrum.
Fidelity, Economic Liberty and 1937, College of William and Mary
February, 1999.
Williamsburg, VA
Paper: Contestable Rights.
New Directions Conference, Kennedy School of Government
February, 1999.
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Cambridge, MA.
The John A. Sibley Lecture, University of Georgia School of Law
February, 1999.
Athens, GA
Keynote: Internet Governance and the Open Source Software
Movement.
The 1999 Forbes Forum on Management and Policy for Chief
Marketing and Chief Communications Officers
February, 1999.
Carlsbad, CA
Conference: Brand in an Era of Disruptive Technologies
Panel: Privacy: What’s Public? What’s Private? And Who Says?.
Fordham Spring 1999 Symposium on Media Convergence
February, 1999.
New York, NY
Conference: Media Convergence: Necessary, Evil or Both? The
Legal, Economic and Cultural Impacts of Mega Media Mergers
Keynote address: Code and the Commons.
The 7th Annual Charles Green Lecture in Law and Technology,
Chicago-Kent College of Law
January, 1999.
Chicago, IL.
Colloquium: Kent: The School, the Life and the Legacy.
Keynote: Overcoming Antitrust: Internet Governance and the
Free Software Movement
.
Representing the New Media Company Conference, Practicing
Law Institute (PLI)
January, 1999.
New York, NY
Keynote: Copyright’s Commons.
Graduate Legal Studies Program in Georgia Planning Meeting,
Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute
December, 1998.
Budapest, Hungary.
Digital Directions Speakers Series, University of Virginia Law
School
November, 1998.
Charlottesville, VA
Conference: Information Literacy
Paper: Cyberlaw: The New Frontier.
1998 National Lawyers Convention, The Federalist Society
November, 1998.
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Washington, DC
Panel: Property Rights in the 21st Century
Paper: Property in cSpace.
Lecture, University of North Carolina
October, 1998.
Durham, NC
Paper: Internet Governance.
Free Speech: Media, Law & Society Conference, Johns Hopkins
University
October, 1998.
Baltimore, MD
Seminar: Paparazzi and Privacy.
Seventh Annual Lavender Law Conference, National Lesbian and
Gay Association
October, 1998.
Boston, MA
Panel: Issues in Communications Law.
1998 Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
Annual Conference
October, 1998.
Cambridge, MA
Conference: One Planet, One Net: The Public Interest in Internet
Governance
Keynote: Governance.
Free Speech & Economic Power Symposium, Northwestern
University School of Law
October, 1998.
Chicago, IL
Commentator on Prof. Owen Fiss’s “Regulating Television: A
New Turn in the Law?”.
The Twenty-Sixth Annual Telecommunication Policy Research
Conference (TPRC)
October, 1998.
Alexandria, VA
Seminar: Content Controls
Paper: The Architectures of Mandated Access Controls.
GALA Workshop, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of
California – Berkeley
September, 1998.
Berkeley, CA.
Being Connected Conference, Vanguard Program
September, 1998.
McLean, VA
Presentation: Code as Law.
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The Program in Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University
September, 1998.
Cambridge, MA
Keynote: Attention Spam.
Aspen Summit V: Cyberspace & the American Frontier, The
Progress & Freedom Foundation
August, 1998.
Aspen, CO
Keynote: Governance.
Wasatch Weekend, Do Something, Inc.
August, 1998.
Deer Valley, UT.
The Aspen Institute Internet Policy Project
July, 1998.
Aspen, CO.
Conference on Constitutionalism and Democracy, New York
University School of Law
July, 1998.
Florence, Italy.
Internet: Towards a New Society?, The International University
Menéndez y Pelayo of Valencia
July, 1998.
Valencia, Spain
Keynote: Internet y la proteccion de los derechos de la personalidad.
Marshall Symposium. The Information Revolution in Midstream:
An Anglo-American Perspective, University of
Michigan Law School
May, 1998.
Ann Arbor, MI
Panel: Law and Public Policy.
Conference on the Internet & Society, Harvard University
May, 1998.
Cambridge, MA.
Taiwan Net ‘98
March, 1998.
Taipei, Taiwan
Keynote: The Laws of Cyberspace
Seminar: The Architecture of Privacy
http://cyber.harvard.edu/lessigcurres.html .
Textualism and the Constitution, George Washington School of
Law
February, 1998.
Washington, DC
Paper: Textualism and Federalism.
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AALS Annual Meeting
January, 1998.
San Francisco, CA.
Paper: Law and Interpretation Section: Interpreting 1937.
Enforcing Constitutional Court Judgments, Constitutional Court
of the Republic of Georgia
November, 1997.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Paper: The History of Enforcement of Supreme Court Judgments
(with Tim Wu).
State Bar of Arizona, CLE
November, 1997.
Tempe, AZ
Paper: The Laws of Cyberspace.
DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture, Warren College, University of
California, San Diego
October, 1997.
San Diego, CA
Address: The Laws of Cyberspace.
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
September, 1997.
Washington, DC
Paper: What Things Regulate Speech.
Academy of European Law
June, 1997.
Florence, Italy
Teaching Course in Cyberspace.
Boston University Law School Faculty Workshop
April, 1997.
Boston, MA
Paper: The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach.
Vanderbilt School of Law
April, 1997.
Nashville, TN
Paper: The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach.
Local Values and Global Telecommunications, National Research
Council
April, 1997.
Washington, DC.
Stanford University Law School
April, 1997.
Stanford, CA
Paper: The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach.
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Case Western Reserve University Law School
April, 1997.
Cleveland, OH
Conference: Presidential Power
Paper: Lessons from a Line Item Veto Law.
Digital Library Initiative, University of Michigan
March, 1997.
Santa Fe, NM.
Computers, Freedom, Privacy 1997
March, 1997.
San Francisco, CA
Paper: Law, Norms and Code.
Media Institute, Catholic University
March, 1997.
Washington, DC
Paper: The Constitution As Code.
G.W. U. Law School Legal Theory Workshop
March, 1997.
Washington, DC
Paper: Law, Norms, Code.
Harvard Law School Faculty Workshop
February, 1997.
Cambridge, MA
Paper: Reading the Constitution in Cyberspace.
Columbia Law School
February, 1997.
New York, NY
Paper: Fidelity and Constraint.
Quinnipiac School of Law
February, 1997.
Hamden, CT
Paper: Law, Norms, Code.
Hartman Institute
December, 1996.
Jerusalem, Israel
Paper: Change in Constitutional Interpretation.
Cordell Hull Speaker’s Forum, Cumberland School of Law
November, 1996.
Birmingham, AL
Paper: Constitution and Code.
American Society of Comparative Law
September, 1996.
Detroit, MI.
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Fidelity in Constitutional Theory, Fordham Law School
September, 1996.
New York, NY
Paper: Fidelity as Translation.
Legal Theory Workshop, U. of Colorado at Boulder
September, 1996.
Boulder, CO
Paper: The Erie-Effect.
Law and Cyberspace, ACLU Panel
May, 1996.
Chicago, IL
Panel discussion.
Digital Library Initiative, University of Michigan
May, 1996.
Ann Arbor, MI
Paper: Intellectual Property in Cyberspace.
NCAIR Virtual Magistrate Project
May, 1996.
Washington, DC
Paper: Grounding the Virtual Magistrate (co-authored).
Virtue and Virtuality: Gender, Law and Cyberspace
April, 1996.
MIT Program in Women’s Studies
Cambridge, MA
Paper: Zoning Porn and People in Cyberspace.
Cyberspace and the Law, Symposium
April, 1996.
St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary
Jamaica, NY
Paper: Intellectual Property in Cyberspace.
Legal Studies Workshop, University of Virginia
April, 1996.
Charlottesville, VA
Presented Paper: The Erie-effect.
Colloquium on Constitutional Theory, NYU Law School
April, 1996.
New York, NY
Presented Paper: The Erie-effect.
Kellogg Foundation, Workshop on Technology
March, 1996.
Santa Fe, NM
Participant.
Thrower Symposium, Emory Law School
February, 1996.
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Atlanta, GA
Paper: Reading the Constitution in Cyberspace.
Law and Borders, Stanford Law School
February, 1996.
Stanford, CA
Comment: Borders in Cyberspace.
Law, Economics, and Norms
February, 1996.
Philadelphia, PA
Comment: The regulation of social norms.
Constitutional Courts in Eastern Europe
February, 1996.
Chicago, IL.
Workshop on Media, Technology and the Law
December, 1996.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Discussing emerging media technology.
International Association of Constitutional Law
September, 1995.
Tokyo, Japan.
Discussing comparative constitutional law.
Society of Professional Journalism
March, 1995.
Stamford, CT
Discussing Cyberspace and Libel.
Harvard Law School
February, 1995.
Law and Economics Workshop
Paper: Judicial Reputation.
Cyberspace and the First Amendment
December, 1995.
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Paper: The Path of Cyberlaw.
Address to the Class of 1997
October, 1994.
Chicago, IL.
Constitutional Courts in Transition
September, 1994.
Warsaw, Poland.
International Congress of Comparative Law
September, 1994.
Athens, Greece.
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Workshop on Constitutionalism in Post-Communist Russia
June, 1994.
Novosibirsk, Russia.
Rights in Post-Communist Europe
June, 1994.
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
AALS Annual Meeting
January, 1994.
Orlando, FL.
Paper: Internet and the Law School, Computer Law Section.
Paper: Outsiders’ Perspectives on Contracts, Contract Law
Section.
Media Rights, and Restitution in Eastern Europe
June, 1993.
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
Conference on Richard Epstein’s Forbidden Ground
May, 1993.
University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Rights and Responsibilities in Electronic Community
February, 1993.
National Research Council, Washington, DC.
Workshops on the Republic of Georgia’s Constitution.
March, 1993; June, 1994.
Tblisi, Georgia.
AALS Annual Meeting
January, 1993.
San Francisco, CA.
Paper: The President and the Administration, Administrative
Law.
Interpretation and the Unitary Executive
December, 1992.
Cardozo Law School, New York, NY.
Paper: Readings by Our Unitary Executive.
Constitutional Drafting Workshop, Georgia and Belarus
December, 1992.
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
Paper: Constitutional Amending Processes.
Law and Economics at Chicago
May, 1992.
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Paper: Counting with Landes and Posner.
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