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Lawrence Lessig

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TED Stage Talk

Laws that choke creativity

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

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