Lawrence Lessig

Author of:

• Code and other LawsOfCyberspace [ISBN 0465039138 ], [http://www.code-is-law.org/]
• The Future of Ideas [ISBN 0375505784 ], [http://www.the-future-of-ideas.com/]
• Free Culture [ISBN 1594200068 ] [http://www.free-culture.cc/]

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I've just heard Lessig address the O'Reilly peer to peer conference. His most vivid image was that of Kubrick's Hal being turned off one module at a time as an analogy for the recording industry (Dave) disassembling the Napster community one song at a time.

Pay attention to this guy. Look for his writing and speaking where ever you can find it. He clearly understands how far along we are in an intellectual, social and legal revolution and what we must do as individuals to ensure it comes out well. -- WardCunningham

Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is my bible. It sits quietly at the bottom of my backpack; I take it everywhere I go.

After writing on MeatballWiki for about 8 months, Karsten Self pointed to me to the book. Rusty Foster, Maynard Gelinas, Karsten and I were in the middle of a discussion about how to progress kuro5hin's rating system. He made reading it a prerequisite to continue. I can see why. Almost everything I've even thought about, Lessig has but better. As Karsten says, "Lessig gets it." -- SunirShah

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