Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. A world-renowned expert on Internet, copyright and trademark law, Lessig is an outspoken advocate for Internet freedom and net neutrality. He's authored multiple books including Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace and Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity.
According to Lessig, the battle over SOPA may have been won, but the war's far from over. The general idea behind the bill, says Lessig, can resurface anytime in a new bill with a different name -- and the tech community as well as citizens concerned about Internet freedom need to remain ever vigilant for the next attempt to clamp down on Internet freedom in the name of copyright protection and intellectual property.
Lessig will be speaking at Mashable Connect this May about the continuing battle for Internet freedom in a post-SOPA world. Mashable sat down to speak with him about SOPA and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the technology community's ability to organize around political issues and how people perceive freedom on the Internet today.
Q&A With Internet Law Expert Lawrence Lessig
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